European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

VASCULITIS OF THE LOWER LIMBS AN UNUSUAL MANIFESTATION IN A PATIENT INFECTED BY HIV: ABOUT A CASE

Hernando Viloria Sanchez*, Frank Barrios Caro, Ledwik Barrios Caro, Karen Cabria Gonzalez, Anibal
Badel Rodriguez, Guillermo Barros, Andres Yoli Garrido, Diego Andres Perez and Stefano Bellini Pardo

ABSTRACT

Vasculitides are inflammatory diseases that compromise the blood vessel wall, causing a narrowing of its lumen, manifested by ischemia and eventual necrosis of the tissue or organ it supplies. Patients positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can develop vasculitis, either mediated by immunological factors or by direct vascular injury. In the following case, we report a patient who develops manifestations suggestive of vasculitis of the lower limbs without identifiable risk factors. other than HIV. It is a very rare entity, which is why doctors must keep in mind that in HIV-positive patients, regardless of their viral load, this pathology can occur.

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