ADRENAL CARCINOMAS IN AIDS - REPORT OF 3 CASES

With the recent advances in treatment of AIDS, we have seen an increas e in detection of malignant neoplasms in our patients, While some mali gnancies have an undoubted relationship with the HIV infection, others represent nothing more than sporadic reports and their relationship w ith the underlying immunological deficit is all but clear. We report t he imaging findings in three patients with AIDS and an adrenal adenoca rcinoma. We also discuss the peculiar imaging aspects of these patholo gical entities and report some pathogenetic theories on the relationsh ip between AIDS and neoplasms. (C) Elsevier Science Inc., 1997.