Exophytic ulcerated tumors in HIV patients: diagnostic and therapeutic problems.
Two HIV-positive male patients with a rarely documented form of genital herpes are described. In both cases the atypical clinical presentation suggested neoplastic rather than infectious lesions. This tumorous genital herpes may occur in HIV-infected patients while on antiretroviral therapy. Since therapeutic failure to nucleoside analogues is common in these cases even in the absence of phenotypical resistance, other treatment options are discussed.
Lautenschlager
Stephan
S
Outpatient Clinic of Dermatology, Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. Stephan.Lautenschlager@triemli.stzh.ch
Schwarzkopf
Stefan
S
Keller
Beat
B
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D006678:HIV; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*
D000998:Antiviral Agents