Facial lymphoedema as an indicator of terminal disease in oral HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma.
L Feller, R A G Khammissa, N H Wood, R J Jose, J Lemmer
Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, School of Oral Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa. lfeller@ul.ac.za
SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging 2010 FebRapidly progressive facial lymphoedema developing concurrently with, or immediately after rapid enlargment of oral Kaposi sarcoma (KS) in HIV-seropositive highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART)-naïve subjects, foretokens death. We present here an unusual case of HIV-KS in an 11-year-old HIV-seropositive HAART-naïve boy. Our patient's KS disease had had a fulminant course characterised by rapidly progressing oral HIV-KS, resorption of the mandibular alveolar bone process beneath some of the HIV-KS lesions, and rapidly progressive facial lymphoedema. He died 3 weeks after the onset of facial lymphoedema.
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L Feller, R A G Khammissa, N H Wood, R J Jose, J Lemmer. Facial lymphoedema as an indicator of terminal disease in oral HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma. SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging. 2010 Feb;65(1):14, 16-8
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