Coexistence of Kaposi sarcoma and Molluscum contagiosum on the same site in a HIV-AIDS patient : a very rare occurrence

Introduction: There have been numerous reported opportunistic infections among HIV/AIDS patients. However, coexistence of Kaposi sarcoma and Molluscum contagiosum on the same site is a rare finding.Case presentation: A 37-year-old man poorly adherent to antiretroviral therapy presented with Molluscu...

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Veröffentlicht in:African journal of laboratory medicine 2019, Vol.8 (1), p.1-3
Hauptverfasser: Dalhat, Mahmood M., Abdullahi, Kabir, Sahabi, Saddiku A., Mohammed, Yahaya
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: There have been numerous reported opportunistic infections among HIV/AIDS patients. However, coexistence of Kaposi sarcoma and Molluscum contagiosum on the same site is a rare finding.Case presentation: A 37-year-old man poorly adherent to antiretroviral therapy presented with Molluscum contagiosum and Kaposi sarcoma occurring simultaneously on numerous skin lesions around mid-2017 at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto State, Nigeria.Management and outcome: The patient was counselled and re-initiated on a second-line highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen. The patient’s lesions resolved three months later.Discussion: The case is presented to improve the index of suspicion among clinicians and pathologists on such rare occurrences.
ISSN:2225-2002
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2225-2010
DOI:10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.747