Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Case # | Diagnosis | Sex | Age | CD4 count | HIV Viral load | Affected Eye | ARV Status | Histology Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OSSN | M | 45 | 40 | <400 | Right | + | SCC |
| 2 | Pterygium | M | 49 | 373 | <400 | Left | + | Pterygium |
| 3 | OSSN | M | 39 | 64 | <400 | Right | + | Pterygium |
| 4 | OSSN | M | 32 | 521 | ND | Right | SCC | |
| 5 | OSSN | F | 47 | 44 | ND | Right | + | SCC |
| 6 | OSSN | M | 43 | 174 | 120,000 | Right | SCC | |
| *7 | Pterygium | F | 29 | ND | ND | Right | + | Pterygium |
| 8 | OSSN | F | 42 | 134 | 120,000 | Left | + | SCC |
| 9 | OSSN | F | 27 | 171 | <400 | Left | + | NA |
| *10 | OSSN | M | 40 | ND | <400 | Right | Severe dysplasia | |
| 11 | OSSN | M | 38 | 326 | <400 | Left | + | Severe dysplasia |
| 12 | OSSN | F | 22 | 457 | ND | - | NA | |
| 13 | OSSN | F | 44 | ND | <400 | Left | + | SCC |
| 14 | OSSN | F | 39 | 200 | <400 | Left | + | Pterygium |
| 15 | Pterygium | F | 38 | 725 | ND | Left | Pterygium | |
| 16 | Pterygium | F | 40 | 600 | ND | Left | Pterygium | |
| 17 | Pterygium | F | 38 | 491 | ND | Left | Pterygium | |
| 18 | OSSN | F | 44 | 314 | ND | Left | NA | |
| 19 | OSSN | F | 37 | 56 | <400 | Right | + | Pterygium |
| *20 | OSSN | M | 48 | 21 | <400 | Right | + | SSCC |
| 21 | OSSN | F | 49 | ND | ND | Right | NA | |
| 22 | OSSN | F | 30 | 90 | ND | Right | SSCC | |
| 23 | OSSN | F | 36 | 220 | <400 | Right | + | Severe dysplasia |
| 24 | OSSN | F | 35 | ND | 644,000 | Right | + | Mild dysplasia |
| 25 | Pterygium | F | 39 | 293 | <400 | Left | + | Pterygium |
| 26 | Pterygium | M | 47 | 546 | <400 | Right | Pterygium | |
| 27 | Pterygium | F | 31 | 113 | ND | Left | + | Pterygium |
| 28 | OSSN | M | 50 | 87 | <400 | Right | + | SCC |
| 29 | OSSN | F | 34 | 192 | ND | Left | SCC | |
| 30 | Pterygium | F | 29 | 70 | <400 | Right | + | Pterygium |
| 31 | OSSN | M | 45 | 62 | 17,000 | Left | + | NA |
| 32 | OSSN | F | 28 | 107 | <400 | Left | + | Severe dysplasia |
| 33 | OSSN | F | 42 | 236 | 342 | Left | Pterygium | |
| 34 | OSSN | M | 33 | 94 | 81,972 | Left | + | SCC |
| 35 | OSSN | M | 40 | 64 | 685,000 | Right | + | Cancer in situ |
| 36 | OSSN | F | 36 | 38 | 200,000 | Right | + | NA |
| 37 | OSSN | F | 49 | ND | ND | Right | Severe dysplasia | |
| 38 | OSSN | F | 24 | 31 | ND | Left | + | Moderate dysplasia |
| 39 | OSSN | F | 44 | 121 | ND | Right | SCC | |
* Tissue not available, NA - Not available
The table shows patient diagnosis, sex, age on entering study, CD4 counts, viral load, the eye affected, the retroviral therapy status of each patient, and histology results. Tissues were not obtained from 3 patients and indicated with an asterisk. Patients #s 3, 14, 19, and 33 were diagnosed as OSSN but histology results indicated that they were pterygia.