Kaposi's Sarcoma in patients with late HIV diagnosis. Case report and review of literature.

Authors

  • María Belén Castaño Hospital Córdoba
  • Débora Litvack
  • Ingrid Videla
  • Mónica Herrero
  • Susana Pereyra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31053/1853.0605.v74.n4.14714

Keywords:

Kaposi’s sarcoma, AIDS, HIV

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma is a limphoangioproliferous tumor described for the first time in the year 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. There are four clinical variants, the classical form, the endemic, the iatrogenic associated to transplantation or immunosuppression and the epidemic associated with AIDS, which will be referred in this publication. In this research,(case, paperwork, investigation) a 31 year old male patient, who was diagnosed AIDS and Kaposi's sarcoma at the same time while in hospital, is described.

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2017-12-08

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Castaño MB, Litvack D, Videla I, Herrero M, Pereyra S. Kaposi’s Sarcoma in patients with late HIV diagnosis. Case report and review of literature. Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 8 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];74(4):393-7. Available from: https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/14714

Issue

Vol. 74 No. 4 (2017)

Section

Literature Reviews

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