Cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma of a Non-HIV Infected Patient in Korea

Kaposi Sarcoma in a Non HIV Patient.

We report a case of a 45 year old non HIV infected female, who presented with multiple painful, livid reddish brown plaques, papules and nodules on both lower limbs and left index finger. The cutaneous nodular lesions on biopsy showed characteristic features of Kaposi's sarcoma. This case is reported due to paucity of Kapsi's sarcoma in non HIV Persons. It is typically a disease of older men fr...

Pulmonary, ocular and cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma in a HIV-infected patient

Case Report: Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma in a non-HIV patient.

Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is an angioproliferative tumor associated with human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8).  Often known as one of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining skin diseases, pulmonary involvement in KS has only been discussed in a handful of case reports, rarely in a non-HIV patient. Herein we report the case of a 77 year-old- male who presented with a 6-week history of progress...

Clinical presentation of non-HIV Kaposi Sarcoma.

Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is a rare entity. In the north west of Pakistan and Afghanistan, we mostly come across non-HIV related Kaposi sarcoma as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Infections are rare in this part of the world. Here, we present a case of a non-auto Immunodeficiency Disease (AIDS) related KS. A 45-year-old male, Afghan patient presented to our oncology outpatient's unit with multipl...

primary kaposi sarcoma of penis in hiv negative patient

primary kaposi sarcoma of penis is very rare. we will introduce a 47 years old male patient referred to our clinic from dermatology service, in this report. the patient suffered from itchy penile papules around coronal region. the lab tests had revealed a negative serology of hiv but tissue pcr was positive for human herpesvirus-8 (hhv8).  histological findings were compatible with kaposi sarco...