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Kaposi Sarcoma as Presentation of HIV – A Clinical Case

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplasm of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although, in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era, KS is a rare form of presentation of HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The authors present a case of disseminated KS in a 23-year-old...

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Autores principales: Costa, Rita, Silva, Leonor, Monteiro, Renata, Santos, Filipa, Mota, Margarida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34812320
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18936
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author Costa, Rita
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Monteiro, Renata
Santos, Filipa
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description Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplasm of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although, in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era, KS is a rare form of presentation of HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The authors present a case of disseminated KS in a 23-year-old male. Just after the diagnosis the patient started ART and then chemotherapy with placlitaxel with clinical improvement. This case is highly representative of the complexity of HIV. The authors aim to bring awareness of an unusual form of presentation of HIV, and recall the severity and the necessity of an early diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-86044232021-11-21 Kaposi Sarcoma as Presentation of HIV – A Clinical Case Costa, Rita Silva, Leonor Monteiro, Renata Santos, Filipa Mota, Margarida Cureus HIV/AIDS Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplasm of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although, in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era, KS is a rare form of presentation of HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The authors present a case of disseminated KS in a 23-year-old male. Just after the diagnosis the patient started ART and then chemotherapy with placlitaxel with clinical improvement. This case is highly representative of the complexity of HIV. The authors aim to bring awareness of an unusual form of presentation of HIV, and recall the severity and the necessity of an early diagnosis and treatment. Cureus 2021-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8604423/ /pubmed/34812320 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18936 Text en Copyright © 2021, Costa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Costa, Rita
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Kaposi Sarcoma as Presentation of HIV – A Clinical Case
title Kaposi Sarcoma as Presentation of HIV – A Clinical Case
title_full Kaposi Sarcoma as Presentation of HIV – A Clinical Case
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title_short Kaposi Sarcoma as Presentation of HIV – A Clinical Case
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topic HIV/AIDS
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34812320
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18936
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