KAPOSI'S SARCOMA WITH OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS

Kaposi's sarcoma with ocular manifestations.

KAPosI's sarcoma is rarely mentioned among the skin lesions of the eyelids, most of the literature being devoted to the visceral lesions, the connexion with endotheliomata, the very much debated pathogenesis, and the treatment. The condition was first described in Kaposi (1872) as "sarcoma idiopathicum pigmentosum" and later as "sarcoma idiopathicum hemorrhagicum". The histology is so varied th...

Kaposis sarcoma in a Nairobi hospital.

BACKGROUND Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is associated epidemiologically with HIV infection and a number of countries have reported a dramatic increase in the incidence of KS with the advent of AIDS. Although AIDS is prevalent in Kenya, no studies on the impact of AIDS on the pattern of KS has been carried out. OBJECTIVE To determine any changes in the pattern of KS that might have occurred since the...

Ocular manifestations in patients with microscopic polyangiitis.

PURPOSE To describe ocular manifestations in patients with microscopic polyangiitis. METHODS Two patients with microscopic polyangiitis complained of ocular symptoms and underwent ophthalmologic examinations. RESULTS An 83-year-old woman (Case 1) was diagnosed with microscopic polyangiitis, according to the general clinical findings and the presence of perinuclear pattern of antineutrophil ...

Ocular manifestations in children with cerebral palsy.

To evaluate the prevalence of ocular abnormalities among children with cerebral palsy, 140 patients with age between 6 months and 16 years were selected and the overall incidence of ocular abnormalities in this study was 42.1%. Two major ocular abnormalities identified in these cases were strabismus in 36.4%. Myopia was detected in 12.9% children while hypermetropia in 8.6% and astigmatism in 3...

Ocular manifestations of hypertension