title: Conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma as the initial manifestation of acquired inmunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: Abstract Introduction: Kaposi's sarcoma is a common neoplasm in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Its presentation as an initial manifestation of AIDS is very rare .
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare case with Kaposi's's sarcoma as an initial manifestation of AIDS.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 37-year-old man who was a parenteral drug addict, HIV seropositive and was not under any treatment with a conjunctival lesion which was diagnosed as Kaposi's sarcoma after surgical resection. Conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma is present frequently in HIV patients and lesions may be mistaken with other conjunctival lesions.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Izquierdo Rodriguez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cordova
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications