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HIV with initial ocular Kaposi sarcoma

Pacheco, Arturo Iván Pérez.

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 83 (), 2024

ABSTRACT We present an interesting case of a 62-year-old black female, presented to the ophthalmological hospital with a little "nevus" on the left eye previously visualized at the mirror, with one month of development. Physical examination with slit lamp (biomicroscopy) showed a group of painless veins,...

Sarcoma de Kaposi/diagnóstico, Sarcoma de Kaposi/cirugía, Sarcoma de Kaposi/etiología, Neoplasias del Ojo/diagnóstico, Neoplasias del Ojo/cirugía, Neoplasias del Ojo/etiología, Infecciones por VIH/diagnóstico, Infecciones por VIH/complicaciones, Infecciones por VIH/tratamiento farmacológico, Microscopía con Lámpara de Hendidura, Seropositividad para VIH, Biopsia, Infecciones por Treponema/diagnóstico

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Extensive bulbar conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma as initial symptom of human immunodeficiency virus

ABSTRACT Here, we present a case in which extensive bulbar conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma was the initial presentation of human immunodeficiency virus in a 36-year-old man. The patient had a 3-month history of recurrent self-limited inferior conjunctiva hyperemia in the right eye, and presented with a pai...