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Metabolic changes in HIV treatment as risk factor of the papillary thyroid cancer: a case report

Alana Strucker Barbosa, Lucas da Silva Santos, Danielli Teixeira Lima Favaro, Cleber Rinaldo Favaro & Flavio Fontes Pirozzi*

Obesity is a major environmental risk factors for the appearance of different types of cancers. Recently, research has shown a significant relationship between obesity and papillary thyroid cancer. HIV infection, and especially the antiretroviral therapy predisposes these patients to the development of several metabolic disorders, including weight gain. In addition to HIVrelated malignancies, increased obesity rate in this group of individuals could predict a higher risk for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer. We present a case report of an HIV-positive patient with obesity and a malignant thyroid nodule.