Oral Disease in AIDS Pictures : Kaposi's Sarcoma

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AIDS, HIV, Oral, Kaposi's Sarcoma
AIDS, HIV, Oral, Kaposi's Sarcoma
AIDS, HIV, Oral, Kaposi's Sarcoma
AIDS, HIV, Oral, Kaposi's Sarcoma
AIDS, HIV, Oral, Leukoplakia
Oral Diseases
Kaposi's *

AIDS, HIV, Oral, Kaposi's Sarcoma

 

This HIV patient presented with gingival Kaposi’s sarcoma in the retromandibular region secondary to his AIDS infection. In approximately 7.5-10 percent of AIDS patients display signs of oral Kaposi’s sarcoma, and can range in appearance from a small asymptomatic growths that are flat purple-red in color, to larger nodular growths.

Content Providers(s): CDC/ Sol Silverman, Jr., D.D.S., University of California, San Francisco

Neoplasms, Stomatognathic Diseases, Retroviridae Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral

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