Exophytic Ulcerated Tumors in HIV Patients: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems

Vol. 216, No. 1, 2008

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Case Report

Exophytic Ulcerated Tumors in HIV Patients: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems
Stephan Lautenschlager^a, Stefan Schwarzkopf^a, Beat Keller^b

^aOutpatient Clinic of Dermatology, Triemli Hospital, Zurich, and
^bDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland

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Dermatology 2008;216:60-63 (DOI: 10.1159/000109360)

Key Words

Genital herpes
Herpes simplex virus
HIV
Sexually transmitted infection

Abstract

Two HIV-positive male patients with a rarely documented form of genital herpes are described. In both cases the atypical clinical presentation suggested neoplastic rather than infectious lesions. This tumorous genital herpes may occur in HIV-infected patients while on antiretroviral therapy. Since therapeutic failure to nucleoside analogues is common in these cases even in the absence of phenotypical resistance, other treatment options are discussed.

Author Contacts

Stephan Lautenschlager, MD, Head
Outpatient Clinic of Dermatology, Triemli Hospital
Herman Greulich-Strasse 70, CH-8004 Zurich (Switzerland)
Tel. +41 44 298 89 21, Fax +41 44 298 89 89
E-Mail Stephan.Lautenschlager@triemli.stzh.ch

Article Information

Received: February 27, 2007
Accepted: May 17, 2007
Number of Print Pages : 4
Number of Figures : 4, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 32

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