Table 3. Incisional, Excisional and Core Biopsy diagnosis in relation to HIV status.
| HIV Status | Malignancy, n = 219 | Necrotizing nodes, n = 125 | HIV 1 React nodes, n = 46 | Not definitive, n = 170 | TOTAL, n = 560 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KS 2 | NHL 3 | CHL 4 | Car 5 | Other | Subtotal | n(%) | |||||
| Subtotals | 14 | 60 | 49 | 79 | 17 | 219 | 125 | 46 | 170 | 560(100) | |
| HIV 1 NEGATIVE | 14 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 64 | 17 | 1 | 68 | 150(27) | ||
| HIV 1 UNKNOWN | 1 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 49 | 23 | 4 | 60 | 136(24) | |
| HIV 1 POSITIVE | 13 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 106 | 85 | 41 | 42 | 274(49) | |
| CD4 6 BAND (cells/ul) | <100 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 57(10) | ||
| 100–200 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 58(10.4) | |
| 201–350 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 61(11) | |
| 351–500 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22(4) | ||
| >500 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 24(4.3) | ||
| Nil/Unknown | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 52(9.3) | ||
1HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
2KS: Kaposi sarcoma
3NHL: non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
4CHL: Hodgkin Lymphoma
5Car: carcinoma
6CD4: Cluster of Differentiation 4 T-cells.