Sarcoma de Kaposi: Um Caso Clínico de Exuberantes e Múltiplas Lesões Cutâneas como Forma de Apresentação de SIDA

DOI:10.24950/I/71/21/2/2021 with a lesion of the upper lip, and local invasion of the skin. (Fig. 1, left) Other smaller similar lesions, in the thorax, limbs and vulvar mucosa were also described at this point. The patient mentioned mild haemoptysis, amenorrhea, asthenia and unquantified weight loss. No relevant personal nor familial history were known. The initial laboratory evaluation diagnosed HIV-1 infection and the patient was transferred to the Infectious Diseases department. At this point a biopsy of one of the smaller dorsal lesions was done. During inpatient stay an HIV-1 viral load of 1.910.000 copies/mL and a lymphocyte T CD4+cell count of 184 cells/μL were documented. Mild anaemia and leucopoenia was also