Atypical Kaposi Sarcoma of the Tongue in HIV Positive Tanzanian Female

We report atypical case of Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) in a 32-year-old human immunodeficiency virus- (HIV-) infected female, involving only the tongue. Viral loads and CD4 T cells were measured and were 65,000 cps/mL and 10 cells/mL, respectively. This patient was newly diagnosed and had no history of anti...

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Autores principales: Shao, Elichilia, Ruhangisa, Flora, Minja, Neema, Nnko, Kanankira, Katundu, Denis, Semango, George, Mbwilo, Eva, Mwasamwaja, Amos, Kilonzo, Kajiru, Lyaruu, Isaack
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4664789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/851462
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Sumario:We report atypical case of Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) in a 32-year-old human immunodeficiency virus- (HIV-) infected female, involving only the tongue. Viral loads and CD4 T cells were measured and were 65,000 cps/mL and 10 cells/mL, respectively. This patient was newly diagnosed and had no history of antiretroviral therapy (ART), radiotherapy, or immunosuppressive drugs prior to this admission. Clinically, there were no dermatological features of KS lesions which are purple, red, or brown and which may be flat, raised (plaques), or bumpy (nodules) except for fungating and protruding enlarged tongue which was necrotic. Histologically, it was proven to be the most common type of KS “epidemic” or AIDS-related KS.

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