Chicken pox and acute monocytic leukaemia skin lesions in an HIV-seropositive man.
Lymphoid neoplasia is now well known to occur in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but the first case of acute monocytic leukaemia in an HIV-seropositive man has been only recently described. We report the case of an HIV-infected patient who simultaneously developed skin lesions of acute monocytic leukaemia and chicken pox. We suggest that HIV may produce a malignant transformation of monocytic cells.
De la Salmonière
P
P
Department of Dermatology, Hôpital St Joseph, Paris, France.
Janier
M
M
Gilquin
J
J
Carlotti
A
A
Sutton
L
L
Leblond
V
V
Daniel
F
F
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology