[A 79-year-old patient with pancytopenia and Kaposi sarcoma]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2019 Oct 2:163:D4040.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

We report the case of a 79-year-old patient with pancytopenia and blue-purple cutaneous lesions on his legs, arms and in the oral cavity. These lesions had been present for several months. Based on a positive HIV test result we made a presumptive diagnosis of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
  • Aged
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications
  • HIV Seropositivity / diagnosis*
  • HIV*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancytopenia / diagnosis*
  • Pancytopenia / virology
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / complications
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / virology

Supplementary concepts

  • AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma