Abstract

ABDULLAHI, Kabir; MOHAMMED, Yahaya; SAHABI, Saddiku A.  and  DALHAT, Mahmood M.. Coexistence of Kaposi sarcoma and Molluscum contagiosum on the same site in a HIV-AIDS patient: A very rare occurrence. Afr. J. Lab. Med. [online]. 2019, vol.8, n.1, pp.1-3. ISSN 2225-2010.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v8i1.747.

INTRODUCTION: There have been numerous reported opportunistic infections among HIV/AIDS patients. However, coexistence of Kaposi sarcoma and Molluscum contagiosum on the same site is a rare finding. CASE PRESENTATION: A 37-year-old man poorly adherent to antiretroviral therapy presented with Molluscum contagiosum and Kaposi sarcoma occurring simultaneously on numerous skin lesions around mid-2017 at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto State, Nigeria. MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME: The patient was counselled and re-initiated on a second-line highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen. The patient's lesions resolved three months later. DISCUSSION: The case is presented to improve the index of suspicion among clinicians and pathologists on such rare occurrences.

Keywords : Kaposi sarcoma; Molluscum contagiosum; HIV; AIDS.

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