KAPOSIS-SARCOMA WITH AN INTENSE PARASITIZATION BY LEISHMANIA

Visceral leishmaniasis has been reported as a complication in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who live in areas wh ere leishmaniasis is endemic or in patients who have traveled to these areas. Kaposi's sarcoma has been found frequently in patients with ac quired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a HIV-infected pati ent having visceral leishmaniasis associated with Kaposi's sarcoma in which a biopsy specimen obtained from a pigmented cutaneous lesion rev ealed the coexistence of a Kaposi's sarcoma pattern with Leishmania pa rasitic colonization.