Solitary eyelid Kaposi sarcoma in an HIV-negative patient

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 490-492

  Dammacco, Rosanna ^a   Lapenna, Lucia ^a   Giancipoli, Giovanni ^a   Piscitelli, Domenico ^a   Sborgia, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eyelid lesion; HHV 8; HIV; Kaposi sarcoma

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIOID CELL; EYE SURGERY; EYELID DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL ACUITY; EYELID TUMOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYELID NEOPLASMS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 33745015769     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214212.37447.58     Document Type: Article

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