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ArticleMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2021

Oral Kaposi sarcoma development is associated with HIV viral load, CD4+ count and CD4+/CD8+ ratio.

R-H Sousa, L-L Souza, P-T Guedes, A-C Prado-Ribeiro, L Rodrigues-Oliveira, T-B Brandão, B-W Alves, M-A Lopes, A-R Santos-Silva, J-C Monteiro and 2 more

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Article in Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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R-H SousaJoão de Barros Barreto University Hospital Department of Surgery and Oral Pathology Mundurucus Street, nº 4487 Zip Code 66073-000, Belém, Pará, Brazil harp@ufpa.br.
L-L Souza
P-T Guedes
A-C Prado-Ribeiro
L Rodrigues-Oliveira
T-B Brandão
B-W Alves
M-A Lopes
A-R Santos-Silva
J-C Monteiro
T-T Gonçalves
O-P Almeida
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRUniversidade Federal do Pará · BRInstituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo · BR

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Abstract

backgroundKaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an uncommon, multifocal and angioproliferative lesion, which demonstrates a poor prognosis. The aim of the present research was to explore the association of HIV viral load, CD4+ and CD8+ counts and the CD4+/CD8+ ratio on the risk of oral Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) development. MATERIAL AND

methodsA total of 62 patients were retrieved from March 2008 to October 2020 from the files of two oral pathology centres. Clinical, laboratory and follow-up data were retrieved from their medical files. Poisson regression was used to explore the role of history of immunosuppression and its association with oral KS development. A P-value <0.05 was considered significant.

resultsSixty-two patients were included in the present study (32 with oral KS and 30 with no presentation of lesions anywhere on the body). Patients with oral KS presented a mean age of 32.6 years, and male patients were more affected. The hard palate (15 cases; 46.8%) was the main anatomical site affected. The lesions were mostly presented as swellings (13 cases; 40.6%) and nodules (12 cases; 37.5%). Systemic manifestations were also observed, including candidiasis (4 cases; 12.5%), bacterial infection (3 cases; 9.3%), tuberculosis (3 cases; 9.3%), herpes simplex (3 cases; 9.3%) and pneumonia (3 cases; 9.3%). A significant correlation was observed between HIV viral load, CD4+ count and the CD4+/CD8+ ratio with oral KS development.

conclusionsHIV viral load, CD4+ count and the CD4+/CD8+ ratio are associated with oral KS development.

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HIV InfectionsSarcoma, KaposiAdultCD4 Lymphocyte CountCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansMaleViral Load

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PMID34704977
PMCPMC8601642
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