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Chicken pox and acute monocytic leukaemia skin lesions in an HIV-seropositive man |
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| Authors: | P DE LA SALMONIÈRE M JANIER J GILQUIN A CARLOTTI L SUTTON † V LEBLOND† F DANIEL |
| Institution: | Departments, of Dermatology, Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris, France;Pathology, Hôpital St Joseph, Paris, Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris, France;Department of Haematology, Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris, France |
| Abstract: | Lymphoid neoplasia is now well known to occur in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but the first case of acute monocytic leukaemia in an HIV-seropositive man has been only recently described. We report the case of an HIV-infected patient who simultaneously developed skin lesions of acute monocytic leukaemia and chicken pox. We suggest that HIV may produce a malignant transformation of monocytic cells. |
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