Oral Kaposi's sarcoma: Sole presentation in HIV seropositive patient

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) occurs with increased frequency in all HIV transmission groups and at a particularly high rate among homosexual men. It usually presents initially as violaceous cutaneous lesions, but oral mucosa, lymph nodes and viscera...

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Autores principales: Arul, A. Sri Kennath J., Kumar, A. Ramesh, Verma, Sonika, Arul, A. Sri Sennath J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26283853
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.160041
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author Arul, A. Sri Kennath J.
Kumar, A. Ramesh
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description Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) occurs with increased frequency in all HIV transmission groups and at a particularly high rate among homosexual men. It usually presents initially as violaceous cutaneous lesions, but oral mucosa, lymph nodes and visceral organs may be affected, sometimes without skin involvement. KS in a 20-year-old HIV-seropositive patient with oral involvement as the sole presentation of the disease is presented herewith; thus contributing a new AIDS-related KS case reported in Indian Literature.
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spelling pubmed-45184332015-08-17 Oral Kaposi's sarcoma: Sole presentation in HIV seropositive patient Arul, A. Sri Kennath J. Kumar, A. Ramesh Verma, Sonika Arul, A. Sri Sennath J. J Nat Sci Biol Med Case Report Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) occurs with increased frequency in all HIV transmission groups and at a particularly high rate among homosexual men. It usually presents initially as violaceous cutaneous lesions, but oral mucosa, lymph nodes and visceral organs may be affected, sometimes without skin involvement. KS in a 20-year-old HIV-seropositive patient with oral involvement as the sole presentation of the disease is presented herewith; thus contributing a new AIDS-related KS case reported in Indian Literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4518433/ /pubmed/26283853 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-9668.160041 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Oral Kaposi's sarcoma: Sole presentation in HIV seropositive patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518433/
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