Steroid-exacerbated HIV-associated cutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: ‘Where a good intention turns bad’
Chabria S, Barakat L, Ogbuagu O. Steroid-exacerbated HIV-associated cutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: ‘Where a good intention turns bad’. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2016, 27: 1026-1029. PMID: 26769754, DOI: 10.1177/0956462415627735.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsImmune reconstitution inflammatory syndromeReconstitution inflammatory syndromeKS-IRISInflammatory syndromeKaposi's sarcomaKS lesionsSkin lesionsKaposi's sarcoma immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromeFull virologic suppressionNeck skin lesionsParadoxical worseningVirologic suppressionAntiretroviral therapyInitial presentationImmunodeficiency syndromeSteroid useClinician awarenessFacial lesionsLesionsSyndromeSarcomaGlucocorticoidsSteroidsCase discussionChemotherapy