An atypical aggressive Kaposi's sarcoma in a HIV-negative bisexual man
West Indian med. j
; 50(1): 75-77, Mar. 2001.
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ABSTRACT
We describe a case of Kaposi's sarcoma in a previously healthy 35-year-old bisexual West Indian man of African descent who was seronegative for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) and who presented with extensive mucocutaneous lesions, weight loss, visceral and generalized lymph node involvement, poor response to combination therapy with vinblastine and interferon alfa-2a, and a short survival of eight months from the onset of illness. This is the first documented case of Kaposi's sarcoma in Dominica. The presentation is unusual in that it is similar to the aggressive and disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma seen only in AIDS and the florid variant of the endemic disease in young men in Equatorial Africa.
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Assunto principal:
Sarcoma de Kaposi
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Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Soronegatividade para HIV
Limite:
Adulto
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Dominica
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Princess Margaret Hospital/DM