title: [Knotty skin tumors of an 80-year-old patient presenting with estimated diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency].
abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-infected patients is a sign of progressive immunodeficiency. It is therefore classified as an AIDS-defining disease according to the CDC classification of 1993. Before antiretroviral therapy became available, disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma was a common therapeutic problem in HIV-infected patients. Therapeutic interventions were limited and in spite of interferon, irradiation or cytostatic drugs, chances of a definitive healing were minimal.Today, disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma is rare even in specialized clinics for infectious diseases. An exception are patients who are not aware of their HIV serostatus until they are diagnosed HIV-positive and who present already with a progressive immunodeficiency.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Infektiologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf. steff-koch@web.de
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Göbels
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oette
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feldt
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leidel
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Häussinger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis