Question
A 33-year-old man with AIDS presents with multiple, purple- colored skin nodules on his hands and feet. The lesions vary in size from 1 mm to 1 cm in diameter. The biopsy of lesional skin is shown in the image. Which of the following viruses is implicated in the pathogenesis of this patient’s skin neoplasm?
| A. |
Cytomegalovirus
|
| B. |
Human herpesvirus-8 |
| C. |
Human herpesvirus-6 |
| D. |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
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