Telangiectases in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients

Telangiectases have been noted as a cutaneous manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and are characteristically distributed across the upper chest in a crescentic pattern between the clavicles. We describe the observation of diffuse upper body telangiectasia in a forty-seven-year-old, human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive man. Histopathologic examination revealed dermal telangiectasia with perivascular plasma cells. Although we are aware of the association between telangiectases and human immunodeficiency virus seropositive findings, we believe that this is the first documented observation of diffuse upper body telangiectasia in a human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patient.