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Id: | 18499
| Autor: | Lanjewar, D. N; Bhosale, Ashish; Iyer, Anita
| Título: | Spectrum of dermatopathologic lesions associated with HIV/AIDS in India ..-
| Fonte: | s.l; s.n; July 2002. 6 p. ilus, tab.
| Resumo: | Histopatholgoical analysis of cutaneous lesions in 195 patients with HIV/AIDS was carried out between 1989 to 1997 at tertiary level public hospital in Mumbai. 104/195 (53 per cent) cases showed infectious diseases which comprised of molluscum contagiosum (28), condyloma accuminata (18), verruca vulgaris (7), varicella zoster (5), syphilis (14), tuberculosis (13), donovanosis (4), leprosy (2), chancroid (2), bacillary angiomatosis (2), lymphogranuloma venercum (1), Norwegian scabies (3), leishmaniasis (2), demodicidosis (1), crytococcosis (1), tinea versicolor (1). In 12 (6 per cent) cases neoplasms were observed which included squamous cell carcinoma (9), basal cell carcinoma (2) and kaposi's sarcoma (1) case. The miscellaneous conditions were observed in 66(33.5 per cent) cases which comprised of psoriasis (21), papular urticaria (13), Reiter's disease (7) and eosinophilic folliculitis (6). The prevalence of cutaneous tuberculosis observed in this study is high as compared with western literature while the prevalence of kaposis's sarcoma is quite low as compared with reports from Africa, USA and United Kingdom. (AU).
| Descritores: | SINDROME DE IMUNODEFICIÊNCIA ADQUIRIDA/compl INFECCOES POR HIV/compl INDIA/epidemiol PREVALÊNCIA DERMATOPATIAS/compl DERMATOPATIAS/epidemiol XERODERMA PIGMENTOSO/epidemiol XERODERMA PIGMENTOSO/etiol
| Limites: | HUMANO
| Meio Eletrônico: | - .
| Localização: | BR191.1; 09127/s |
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