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Case Reports
. 2018 Nov 26;2018(12):omy107.
doi: 10.1093/omcr/omy107. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Disseminated AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma

Andy Sing Ong Tang  1 , Yeon Chiat Teh  1 , Chin Yung Chea  1 , Siaw Tze Yeo  2 , Hock Hin Chua  3
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Case Reports

Disseminated AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma

Andy Sing Ong Tang et al. Oxf Med Case Reports. .

Abstract

We present a case of disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma with both cutaneous and extracutaneous involvement in an HIV-infected patient with a relatively high CD4 count of 369 cell/mm3. He developed chronic diarrhea, constitutional symptoms, worsening bilateral pleural effusion with respiratory distress, and progression of skin lesions distributed over his chest and extremities. The temporal relationship between rapid clinical progression and initiation of HAART suggested the possibility of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, which eventually resulted in the death of this patient.

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Figure 1:
Cutaneous manifestation of Kaposi’s sarcoma (left, legs; middle, chest; right, arms)
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