Oral Disease in AIDS : Kaposi's Sarcoma

Return to Oral Disease in AIDS Pictures from CDC | Hardin MD : AIDS / HIV | Hardin MD : Oral Disease

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
Kaposi's *
Kaposi's
Kaposi's
AIDS/Oral
Oral Disease

AIDS, HIV, Oral, Kaposi's Sarcoma

This HIV patient presented with labial and gingival Kaposi’s sarcoma secondary to his AIDS infection which included the maxilla. 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.

Virus Diseases, RNA Virus Infections, Retroviridae Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral, Stomatognathic Diseases, Tooth and Gum Diseases, Neoplasms

Picture & text from CDC/PHIL. For more information see Oral Disease in AIDS Pictures from CDC

eXTReMe Tracker