Abstract

THOMPSON GRANT, Daniel; PILA PELAEZ, Margarita; PILA PELAEZ, Rafael  and  GUERRA RODRIGUEZ, Carmen. Kaposi's sarcoma of the oral cavity in AIDS patients. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, suppl.2, pp. 907-912. ISSN 1025-0255.

A case of a 39 year old patient affected by AIDS with Kaposi´s Sarcoma of the oral cavity is presented. Characteristics of this disease are expressed as well as its classification and treatment. We present the most important oral lesions in AIDS and the need that the odontologist and the physician know all epidemiological aspects of the HIV infection and specially its oral manifestations.

Keywords : SARCOMA DE KAPOSI; ACQUIRED INMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; MOUTH NEOPLASMAS.