Open AccessOral Kaposi′s sarcoma: Sole presentation in HIV seropositive patient
Author(s) -
Anupriya Arul,
A Ramesh Kumar,
Sonika Verma,
A Sri Sennath J Arul
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.160041
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , sarcoma , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , dermatology , lymph , kaposi's sarcoma , transmission (telecommunications) , oral mucosa , disease , pathology , immunology , surgery , human herpesvirus , electrical engineering , engineering
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) occurs with increased frequency in all HIV transmission groups and at a particularly high rate among homosexual men. It usually presents initially as violaceous cutaneous lesions, but oral mucosa, lymph nodes and visceral organs may be affected, sometimes without skin involvement. KS in a 20-year-old HIV-seropositive patient with oral involvement as the sole presentation of the disease is presented herewith; thus contributing a new AIDS-related KS case reported in Indian Literature.