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

Kabir Abdullahi; Yahaya Mohammed; Saddiku A Sahabi; Mahmood M Dalhat

doi:10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.747

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

Afr J Lab Med. 2019 Apr 29;8(1):747. doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.747. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Kabir Abdullahi¹, Yahaya Mohammed², Saddiku A Sahabi², Mahmood M Dalhat³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
² Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
³ Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; Kaposi sarcoma; Molluscum contagiosum.

Publication types

Case Reports