       Document 0564
 DOCN  M9630564
 TI    [Kaposi's sarcoma with ocular location in Zaire]
 DT    9603
 AU    Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo K; Service d'Ophtralmologie, Cliniques Universitaires
       de Kinshasa,; Zaire.
 SO    Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 1994;254:117-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96059824
 AB    OBJECTIVE: a clinical study of patients with ocular adnexal Kaposi's
       sarcoma was undertaken to study its clinical characteristics. METHODS: A
       review of all patients with biopsy confirmed ocular adnexal Kaposi's
       sarcoma seen between 1962 and 1991. RESULTS: There were eleven patients
       during this period with the incidence of 1.25 for 10,000 cases. Ages
       ranged from one to 47 years (average, 33 years). There were 6 males and
       5 females. One (9%) patient was seen during the period of 1961 and 1981
       and 10 (91%)during the period 1982 and 1991. Of the 10 patients, 9 had
       ocular Kaposi's sarcoma lesions related to acquires immunodeficiency
       syndrome. Lesions involved the right and the left eyes in 50% of cases.
       Localization of lesions was palpebral in 9 (82%) patients and
       conjunctival in 2 (18%) patients. The clinical appearance was tumoral,
       modular, polypoid and as subconjunctival hemorrhage. Three patients
       underwent excision of tumor. The recurrence was of 100% in approximately
       three weeks of time. All patients infected with HIV died. CONCLUSION:
       Ocular Kaposi's sarcoma was not common and its presence is related in
       most of cases to HIV infection and could be the first manifestation of
       HIV infection.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Conjunctival Neoplasms/*DIAGNOSIS/SURGERY  English
       Abstract  Eyelid Neoplasms/*DIAGNOSIS/SURGERY  Female  Human  HIV
       Seropositivity/COMPLICATIONS  Infant  Male  Sarcoma,
       Kaposi's/*DIAGNOSIS/SURGERY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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