Open AccessDisseminated Kaposi′s sarcoma with the involvement of penis in the setting of Hiv infection
Author(s) -
Maham Farshidpour,
Majid Marjani,
Parvaneh Baghaei,
Payam Tabarsi,
Heidar Masjedi,
Zahra Farzaneh Asadi Kani,
Seyed Alireza Nadji,
Davood Mansouri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.147852
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoma , histopathology , penis , glans penis , penile cancer , glans , kaposi's sarcoma , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , dermatology , virology , anatomy , human herpesvirus
Kaposi′s sarcoma (KS) is a malignant proliferation of the endothelial cells. It typically presents with several vascular nodules on the skin and other organs. The penile localization of KS, particularly on the shaft area, is exceptional. We report an HIV-positive 34-year-old man who had multiple purplish-black plaques on his extremities and several small violaceous macules on the glans and shaft of the penis. Kaposi′s sarcoma was diagnosed by histopathology