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Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report
INTRODUCTION: The complications of HIV/AIDS can produce grossly abnormal pathology. In low-resourced settings, women can present late with huge lesions. Massive vulval pathology copresenting in pregnancy produces difficulties in managing the patients and may lead to poor maternal or fetal outcomes....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973725/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536163 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S111171 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The complications of HIV/AIDS can produce grossly abnormal pathology. In low-resourced settings, women can present late with huge lesions. Massive vulval pathology copresenting in pregnancy produces difficulties in managing the patients and may lead to poor maternal or fetal outcomes. CASE REPORT: A 27-year-old P1 G2 (second pregnancy one live birth) patient presented at 30 weeks gestation with a massive vulval lesion. She was HIV seropositive and taking anti-retroviral therapy. She was anemic with a hemoglobin level of 5.9 and was transfused 4.0 of packed cells. She underwent examination under anesthesia and vulval biopsy. She went into preterm labor and was delivered by cesarean section. Unfortunately, the baby had died while receiving corticosteroid therapy. The histopathological report confirmed a Kaposi’s sarcoma, and she was referred to oncologists for chemotherapy. CONCLUSION: Kaposi’s sarcoma can occur in pregnancy in both seropositive and seronegative patients. Kaposi’s sarcoma causes significant fetal and maternal health complications. |
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spelling | pubmed-49737252016-08-17 Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report Ngwenya, Solwayo Int Med Case Rep J Case Report INTRODUCTION: The complications of HIV/AIDS can produce grossly abnormal pathology. In low-resourced settings, women can present late with huge lesions. Massive vulval pathology copresenting in pregnancy produces difficulties in managing the patients and may lead to poor maternal or fetal outcomes. CASE REPORT: A 27-year-old P1 G2 (second pregnancy one live birth) patient presented at 30 weeks gestation with a massive vulval lesion. She was HIV seropositive and taking anti-retroviral therapy. She was anemic with a hemoglobin level of 5.9 and was transfused 4.0 of packed cells. She underwent examination under anesthesia and vulval biopsy. She went into preterm labor and was delivered by cesarean section. Unfortunately, the baby had died while receiving corticosteroid therapy. The histopathological report confirmed a Kaposi’s sarcoma, and she was referred to oncologists for chemotherapy. CONCLUSION: Kaposi’s sarcoma can occur in pregnancy in both seropositive and seronegative patients. Kaposi’s sarcoma causes significant fetal and maternal health complications. Dove Medical Press 2016-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4973725/ /pubmed/27536163 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S111171 Text en © 2016 Ngwenya. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ngwenya, Solwayo Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report |
title | Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report |
title_full | Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report |
title_fullStr | Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report |
title_short | Massive vulval Kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report |
title_sort | massive vulval kaposi’s sarcoma in pregnancy: case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973725/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536163 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S111171 |
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