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Document 0564
DOCN M9630564
TI [Kaposi's sarcoma with ocular location in Zaire]
DT 9603
AU Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo K; Service d'Ophtralmologie, Cliniques Universitaires
de Kinshasa,; Zaire.
SO Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1994;254:117-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96059824
AB OBJECTIVE: a clinical study of patients with ocular adnexal Kaposi's
sarcoma was undertaken to study its clinical characteristics. METHODS: A
review of all patients with biopsy confirmed ocular adnexal Kaposi's
sarcoma seen between 1962 and 1991. RESULTS: There were eleven patients
during this period with the incidence of 1.25 for 10,000 cases. Ages
ranged from one to 47 years (average, 33 years). There were 6 males and
5 females. One (9%) patient was seen during the period of 1961 and 1981
and 10 (91%)during the period 1982 and 1991. Of the 10 patients, 9 had
ocular Kaposi's sarcoma lesions related to acquires immunodeficiency
syndrome. Lesions involved the right and the left eyes in 50% of cases.
Localization of lesions was palpebral in 9 (82%) patients and
conjunctival in 2 (18%) patients. The clinical appearance was tumoral,
modular, polypoid and as subconjunctival hemorrhage. Three patients
underwent excision of tumor. The recurrence was of 100% in approximately
three weeks of time. All patients infected with HIV died. CONCLUSION:
Ocular Kaposi's sarcoma was not common and its presence is related in
most of cases to HIV infection and could be the first manifestation of
HIV infection.
DE Adolescence Adult Conjunctival Neoplasms/*DIAGNOSIS/SURGERY English
Abstract Eyelid Neoplasms/*DIAGNOSIS/SURGERY Female Human HIV
Seropositivity/COMPLICATIONS Infant Male Sarcoma,
Kaposi's/*DIAGNOSIS/SURGERY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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