Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment

Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment

ABSTRACT Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial neoplasia caused by infection with the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), and the type associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered the most aggressive and frequent. This paper reports a case of mucocutaneous KS in a patient not formerly aware of being an HIV bearer. A 38-year-old male patient has sought treatment with multiple oral lesions and one in the skin. Serology was positive for HIV and incisional biopsy diagnosed KS. After 11 months of chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy, there was complete remission of the skin KS and partial remission of oral lesions.

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Main Authors: Carvalho,Laura Priscila B., Lucena,Laudenice P., Honorato,Maria Cristina T. M., Andrade,Gilka S. S., Freitas,Roseana A.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica 2016
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spelling oai:scielo:S1676-244420160003001942016-07-28Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatmentCarvalho,Laura Priscila B.Lucena,Laudenice P.Honorato,Maria Cristina T. M.Andrade,Gilka S. S.Freitas,Roseana A. Kaposi's sarcoma human herpes virus 8 HIV infections ABSTRACT Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial neoplasia caused by infection with the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), and the type associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered the most aggressive and frequent. This paper reports a case of mucocutaneous KS in a patient not formerly aware of being an HIV bearer. A 38-year-old male patient has sought treatment with multiple oral lesions and one in the skin. Serology was positive for HIV and incisional biopsy diagnosed KS. After 11 months of chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy, there was complete remission of the skin KS and partial remission of oral lesions.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial v.52 n.3 20162016-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/reporttext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442016000300194en10.5935/1676-2444.20160033
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Lucena,Laudenice P.
Honorato,Maria Cristina T. M.
Andrade,Gilka S. S.
Freitas,Roseana A.
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Lucena,Laudenice P.
Honorato,Maria Cristina T. M.
Andrade,Gilka S. S.
Freitas,Roseana A.
Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment
author_facet Carvalho,Laura Priscila B.
Lucena,Laudenice P.
Honorato,Maria Cristina T. M.
Andrade,Gilka S. S.
Freitas,Roseana A.
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title Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment
title_short Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment
title_full Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment
title_fullStr Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment
title_full_unstemmed Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment
title_sort mucocutaneous kaposi's sarcoma in an hiv-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment
description ABSTRACT Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial neoplasia caused by infection with the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), and the type associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered the most aggressive and frequent. This paper reports a case of mucocutaneous KS in a patient not formerly aware of being an HIV bearer. A 38-year-old male patient has sought treatment with multiple oral lesions and one in the skin. Serology was positive for HIV and incisional biopsy diagnosed KS. After 11 months of chemotherapy and antiretroviral therapy, there was complete remission of the skin KS and partial remission of oral lesions.
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