Chicken pox and acute monocytic leukaemia skin lesions in an HIV-seropositive man

Clin Exp Dermatol. 1994 Nov;19(6):505-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1994.tb01258.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications*
  • Adult
  • Chickenpox / complications*
  • Chickenpox / pathology
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / complications*
  • Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / pathology
  • Leukemic Infiltration / pathology
  • Male
  • Skin / pathology