GIANT MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM PRESENTING AS A TUMOR IN AN HIV‐INFECTED PATIENT
GIANT MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM PRESENTING AS A TUMOR IN AN HIV‐INFECTED PATIENT
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HIV 感染者体内出现巨大传染性软疣,表现为肿瘤
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
J. Díaz
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作者:
R. Izu;D. Manzano;J. Gardeazabal;J. Díaz
A 29-year-old ex-drug addict, Hiv-positive since 1987, consulted us in January 1992, presenting with tumoral disfiguring lesions on his face and scalp. He suffered from ganglionar tuberculosis in 1990, and at the same time also noticed a few small, dome-shaped papules, 2-6 mm in diameter, clinically typical for molluscum contagiosum on the face, arms, and the genital region. The lesions were treated with curettage and cryotherapy with partial success. In 1991, he developed candidiasis of the esophagus, and at the same time a nonHodgkin's lymphoma (IV-D stage) was diagnosed. Chemotherapy (CHOP regimen) was started. Coinciding with the diagnosis of lymphoma and the beginning of the cytostatic treatment, confluent papular lesions developed on his face and scalp in the form of tumoral masses with severe, disfigurating dysmorphy of the patient (Figs. 1 and 2). At this time, we found the following immunologic parameters: leukocytes 4100/mm^ (26% lymphocytes), CD4 = 1% (lO/mm^), CD4/CD8 = 0.01. A biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Histopathologic examination showed an acanthotic epidermis with an intense epidermal proliferation with giant craters full of eosinophilic and hyaline masses (Henderson-Patterson bodies), typical of molluscum contagiosum and corresponding to intracytoplasmic inclusion of viral particles (Fig. 3). Because of the extension of the giant molluscum contagiosum, we thought of possible surgical treatment but rejected this because of technical difficulties and the high risk of HIV transmission from exposure of the skin to contaminated blood products. We treated the lesions with aggressive cryotherapy using liquid nitrogen (2 cycles of 90 s with Cry-AcTM, Brymill Corporation, USA), on 1 or 2 days per week, with a partial decrease in number and size of the lesions. At present, new lesions have not appeared.
影响因子:
13.8
作者:
Matis,WL;Triana,A;Shapiro,R;Eldred,L;Polk,BF;Hood,AF
通讯作者:
Hood,AF