Isolated Kaposi sarcoma of the finger pulp in an AIDS patient.

نویسندگان

  • F Aïm
  • L Rosier
  • C Dumontier
چکیده

A 63-year-old woman with long-standing AIDS and previous Kaposi sarcomas of the lower limb presented to our consultation complaining of a painful left ring finger with pulp enlargement. X-rays revealed an osteolytic lesion of the distal phalanx. We suspected an isolated osseous Kaposi sarcoma and at surgery we found a hemorrhagic lesion with bone extension into the phalanx. Bone involvement is rare in Kaposi sarcoma and even rarer in patients without a cutaneous location.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research : OTSR

دوره 98 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012