South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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Observational Study
HIV and breast cancer - a mammographic analysis: An observational study to identify the mammographic pattern of breast cancer in HIV-positive patients.
Data on the association between HIV and breast cancer mammographic patterns and histological subtypes are limited. ⋯ We demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between HIV status, the presence of multifocal breast cancer, and mammographically detected grouped and fine pleomorphic microcalcifications. A statistically significant relationship between HGDCIS and HIV status, and the presence of grouped and fine pleomorphic microcalcifications in HIV-positive patients with biopsies confirming HGDCIS, was demonstrated. Our study also showed that there is a relationship between age of presentation and HIV status.