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Dermatophytosis mimicking Kaposi's sarcoma in human immunodeficiency virus disease
D L Crosby1, T G Berger, J T Woosley
1Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Dermatologica
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an important finding in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with a distinctive spectrum of clinical presentations. Three cases of dermatophytosis in HIV-infected patients are presented which clinically mimic the appearance of KS. This new observation underscores the importance of histopathologic examination in the evaluation of skin lesions suspicious for the diagnosis of KS. The other clinical mimickers of KS are reviewed.