Ocular Kaposi’s sarcoma as the first manifestation of HIV infection
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A 51-year-old male presented with a three-months history of a raised lesion in the inferior eyelid of the right eye and small nodules of dark red colour present on his nose. The ocular lesion initially diagnosed as an ocular angioma, failed to respond to treatment and required further medical examinations and an immunological consult. A positive test for HIV, lower CD4 cell count (148cells/ml), elevated HIV plasma levels (100.000 viral copies), established the diagnosis of AIDS. Histological examination detected the presence of spindle cells and the positivity for Kaposi-associated Herpes virus-8 confirmed the lesions as Kaposi’s
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