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Severe bilateral knee osteonecrosis in a young man with human immunodeficiency virus.

ABSTRACT: We present a young man with a background Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who presented with bilateral knee pain and reduced mobility. Subsequent imaging of the knees demonstrated florid osteonecrosis (ON), which was managed conservatively. ON is seen more commonly in HIV patients than the general population, however the underlying mechanism for this association is remains unclear. An awareness of this disease is imperative to appropriately identify and manage such patients.

SUBMITTER: McCurdie DFK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6231295 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Severe bilateral knee osteonecrosis in a young man with human immunodeficiency virus.

McCurdie Dr Fiona K DFK Roi Dr Dylan DD Sahu Dr Ajay DA Sandhu Dr Gurjinder Singh DGS

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We present a young man with a background Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who presented with bilateral knee pain and reduced mobility. Subsequent imaging of the knees demonstrated florid osteonecrosis (ON), which was managed conservatively. ON is seen more commonly in HIV patients than the general population, however the underlying mechanism for this association is remains unclear. An awareness of this disease is imperative to appropriately identify and manage such patients. ...[more]

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Project description:IntroductionHuman herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) is mainly responsible for the development of Kaposi's sarcoma and multicentric Castleman's disease in immunocompromised patients with untreated human immunodeficiency virus. Positive viral loads have been described in cases of Kaposi's sarcoma and multicentric Castleman's disease, with higher values found in the latter. We describe the case of a patient with HIV in whom a high level of HHV-8 replication was detected and who contracted an opportunistic disease other than multicentric Castleman's disease or Kaposi's sarcoma.Case presentationA 25-year-old man of West African origin with HIV complained of asthenia, weight loss, fever, and abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed that the patient had adenopathies and hepatosplenomegaly, but no skin or mucosal lesions were seen. Our first presumptive diagnosis was disseminated tuberculosis. However, since the cultures (sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, blood, urine and lymph node biopsies) for mycobacteria were negative, the diagnosis was expanded to include multicentric Castleman's disease which was supported by high HHV-8 viral loads in the patient's blood: 196,000 copies/ml in whole blood, 39,400 copies/ml in plasma and 260 copies/10E5 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. However, the histology and positive polymerase chain reaction assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex of a second lymph node biopsy enabled us to conclude that the patient had disseminated tuberculosis and we started the patient on antituberculosis treatment. We analyzed the HHV-8 deoxyribonucleic acid in two other plasma samples (one from six months earlier and the other was 10 days after the positive test) and both yielded negative results. A search for latent and lytic HHV-8 antibodies confirmed that the patient was seropositive for HHV-8 before this episode.ConclusionWe describe the case of a patient with HIV who tested positive for asymptomatic HHV-8 replication during an opportunistic disease suggestive of multicentric Castleman's disease. The initial analysis was nullified by the diagnosis of a disease that was unrelated to HHV-8. This case report underlines the need to clarify the full clinical meaning and implication of a positive HHV-8 viral load in patients with AIDS. The diagnosis of multicentric Castleman's disease needs to be studied further to determine its sensitivity and specificity. Finally, when faced with the dilemma of urgently starting chemotherapy on a patient whose condition is deteriorating and whose clinical presentation suggests multicentric Castleman's disease, high HHV-8 viral loads should be interpreted with caution and histological analysis of lymph nodes or liver biopsies should be obtained first.

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Severe bilateral knee osteonecrosis in a young man with human immunodeficiency virus.

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Severe bilateral knee osteonecrosis in a young man with human immunodeficiency virus.

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