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SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research Pathology Research International Volume 2011, Article ID 925712, 4 pages doi:10.4061/2011/925712 Case Report Breast Cancer in the Setting of HIV Mitul Palan,1 Sami Shousha,2 Jonathan krell,1 and Justin Stebbing1 1 Department of Medical Oncology, The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, and Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK 2 Department of Histopathology, and Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK Correspondence should be addressed to Mitul Palan, mitul.palan06@imperial.ac.uk and Justin Stebbing, j.stebbing@imperial.ac.uk Received 29 November 2010; Revised 5 April 2011; Accepted 5 April 2011 Academic Editor: Liron Pantanowitz Copyright © 2011 Mitul Palan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Oncogenesis in immunocompromised patients occurs due to a number of factors including reduced immune surveillance or other viral pathogens. Breast cancer, unlike other non-AIDS-defining cancers, does not appear associated and has rarely been reported. We describe a case with evidence of immune reactivity around the tumor, but not in the tumor itself. 1. Introduction 2. Case Vignette Very few cases of breast cancer in HIV-infected women are A 44-year-old HIV-positive lady presented with a right breast recorded in the literature; approximately 46 HIV-infected mass in the upper outer quadrant and was diagnosed with women to this date have been recorded. Accordi