Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa secondary to Kaposi sarcoma: A rare case

AIDS Reader

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-82

  Sathyakumar, Sandhya ^a   Sun, Jin S ^a   Sharp, Victoria L ^a   Polsky, Bruce ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; HIV AIDS; Kaposi sarcoma

Indexed keywords

AMLACTIN; ATAZANAVIR; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; EMTRICITABINE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RITONAVIR; TENOFOVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ELEPHANTIASIS; ELEPHANTIASIS NOSTRAS VERRUCOSA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; RASH; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BIOPSY; EDEMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; EDEMA; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN;

EID: 39049113024     PISSN: 10530894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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