This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Sameera Husain; Lydia Evans, MD; Asher Don Rabinowitz, MD; Marc Grossman, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1994;130(10):1315-1316.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

REPORT OF A CASE

A 27-year-old woman with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) presented with a 2-month history of a 1.5-cm ulcerated erythematous plaque on her right thigh (Figure 1). A similar 8-mm lesion was present on the dorsal right hand. The patient had a 1-month history of cough productive of white sputum, anorexia, vomiting, and a 9-kg weight loss. She complained of decreased vision in her left eye of several weeks' duration. Laboratory evaluation demonstrated the following: leukocytes, 4.6x109/L; alkaline phosphatase, 298 U/L; lactic dehydrogenase, 695 U/L; aspartate aminotransferase, 216 U/L; alanine amino- transferase, 277 U/L; and serology for hepatitis A, B, and C, negative. Chest roentgenogram demonstrated right paratracheal prominence with a hazy perihilar infiltrate on the right. Sputum cultures were negative and the patient was anergic to skin testing. Ophthal- mologic evaluation revealed an extensive yellow exudate in the left eye and a similar smaller lesion in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?