Revista Internacional de Patología Oftálmica

Conjunctival Kaposi Sarcoma Revealing HIV Infection

Amel Chebbi, Houda Lajmi, Imen Abbes, Ines Malek, Imen Zeghal, Karima MRAD, Hedi Bouguila and Leila Nacef

Kaposi’s sarcoma is a rare condition due to HHV8 viral infection which is common in patients with AIDS. Ocular location is rare and conjunctival forms represent 7 to 18%. It usually occurs in the context of a multicentre disease. Isolated ocular involvement is extremely rare. We report a case of a woman with a Kaposi’s sarcoma of the bulbar conjunctiva that revealed infection with human immunodeficiency virus.