A Patient with an Extended Window Period of AIDS Complicated with Gastric Cancer

Abstract

This report describes a case of a postoperative gastric cancer patient with AIDS whose window period is extremely longer than normal. The patient suffered from recurrent pulmonary infection after operation. Multiple and Broadspectrum antibiotic was employed but the curative effect was not satisfying. Occurrence of anemia made the disease much more complicated, and the patient was finally diagnosed AIDS. We analyze the factors that may prolong the window period. Because the postoperative gastric cancer patient are susceptible to infection, which caused by poor nutrition status and immune compromise, it is easy to overlook the possibility of AIDS. And we found TCM treatment of AIDS has been an unexpected result in this patient.