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Abstract Number: A30
KAPOSI SARCOMA IN A PATIENT WITH NORMAL CD4 WHO IS PLATELET POOR
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with recent diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (CD4 580/mm³ and viral load 1.2 million/mm³) and Kaposi sarcoma (KS) was transferred to our hospital for refractory thrombocytopenia. Prior to his presentation, he experienced a month of fatigue, night sweats, weight loss, and facial and neck swelling. His outside hospital workup […]
Abstract Number: A37
AN UNFORTUNATE TRIO: ESOPHAGEAL KAPOSI SARCOMA, IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA, AND UREMIA-INDUCED PLATELET DYSFUNCTION
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with no known past medical history presents with worsening chronic cough of one-year duration. He also reports shortness of breath and increasing fatigue during the same timeframe. On presentation, he is noted to have numerous umbilicated facial lesions that are actively bleeding. He was febrile to 103F, tachycardic to 130s, […]
Abstract Number: B40
A TALE OF TWO VIRUSES: KAPOSI SARCOMA IN AN UNUSUAL LOCATION
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old male with no known past medical history presented with 2-month history of facial swelling and progressively worsening dysphagia. This was associated with diffuse, painless, purplish skin lesions involving multiple body parts. On admission, patient was hemodynamically stable. Examination was remarkable for oral candidiasis, diffuse purplish nodules of varying sizes involving his […]
Abstract Number: B42
WHAT’S ON THE INSIDE THAT COUNTS: DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL KAPOSI SARCOMA
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old man with recently diagnosed HIV (CD4 57/mm3), not on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented to the hospital with shortness of breath for several days. He was severely hypoxic, requiring high-flow nasal cannula oxygen. Chest x-ray showed bilateral infiltrates. He was treated empirically with vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam for bacterial pneumonia, and Bactrim and […]
Abstract Number: E34
A RARE CASE OF KAPOSI SARCOMA-IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION SYNDROME: THE DOUBLE EDGED SWORD OF ANTIRETROVIRAL INITIATION
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 28-year-old man from Central America with a history of newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (CD4 119 cells/mm^3, CD4 8%, viral load 61,000 copies/mL) presented with two months of progressive shortness of breath. Physical exam was remarkable for anasarca, diffuse cutaneous purpuric plaques as well as bilateral respiratory crackles. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral […]
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