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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/75924| Tipo: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Título: | Kaposi sarcoma in an hiv-negative patient |
| Autor(es): | Aline Fernanda Cruz José Augusto Dias Araújo Samuel Macedo Costa Júlio César Tanos de Lacerda Patrícia Carlos Caldeira Ricardo Alves Mesquita Renata Gonçalves Resende |
| Resumo: | A29-year-old man presented with a purplish nodule measur ing approximately 12 mm on the right labial commissure. The lesion showed bleeding to touch and was well delimited and soft to pal pation, with a pediculated base and superficial necrosis associated with a yellowish crust. The patient had been previously diag nosed with leprosy, cataract, hypertension, and glaucoma and had been regularly taking 100 mg prednisone per day for 18 months for the treatment of leprosy reaction. The provisional diagnosis was neoplasm of mesenchymal origin, and incisional biopsy was per formed. Diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma was made.Arapid serologic test for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a fourth generation test for HIV were performed; both tests yielded negative results. Surgical treatment of the lesions was performed. Cortico steroid therapy was maintained, and the patient has remained free of recurrences for 12 months. Supported: FAPEMIG. |
| Assunto: | Neoplasms Biopsy Diagnosis Sarcoma, kaposi Adrenal cortex hormones |
| Idioma: | eng |
| País: | Brasil |
| Editor: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Sigla da Instituição: | UFMG |
| Departamento: | FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE CLÍNICA |
| Tipo de Acesso: | Acesso Restrito |
| Identificador DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2018.02.050 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/75924 |
| Data do documento: | 2018 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212440318301226 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology |
| Aparece nas coleções: | Artigo de Periódico |
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