title: Exophytic ulcerated tumors in HIV patients: diagnostic and therapeutic problems.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Outpatient Clinic of Dermatology, Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. Stephan.Lautenschlager@triemli.stzh.ch
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lautenschlager
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwarzkopf
authors.forename: Beat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents