Kaposi's Sarcoma in patients with late HIV diagnosis. Case report and review of literature.

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma is a limphoangioproliferous tumor described for the first time in the year 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. There are four clinical variants, the classical form, the endemic, the iatrogenic associated to transplantation or immunosuppression and the epidemic associated with AIDS, which will be referred in this publication. In this research,(case, paperwork, investigation) a 31 year old male patient, who was diagnosed AIDS and Kaposi's sarcoma at the same time while in hospital, is described.

Keywords

• Sarcoma de Kaposi, SIDA, VIH.