Multiple nevoid malignant melanomas in a patient with AIDS: the role of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in the diagnosis.
The rapid growth of lesions clinically resembling compound nevi in patients with HIV/AIDS should alert physicians to the possibility of malignant melanomas. Immunohistochemistry for proliferating cell nuclear antigen can be helpful in the diagnosis of these tumors. A case of multiple primary nevoid melanomas in a patient with HIV/AIDS is reported.
Department of Dermatology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Francisco
F
Pereira
Wayne
W
Carey
Henry
H
Shibata
Miguel N
MN
Burnier
Beatrice
B
Wang
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen