Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignant tumor that occurs mainly in the skin affecting vascular endothelial spindle cells, but can also involve organs; It is classified in different clinical forms among them we have the iatrogenic, the epidemic associated with HIV, the endemic in Africa and the classic usually in elderly males affected by the herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8), it is considered a rare disease in women, its diagnosis is confirmed by biopsy, the prognosis is reserved because it is a challenge its treatment in patients with low immune system that leads to relapses. We present the clinical case of a 92-year-old female patient with macular and nodular violaceous lesions that ulcerated and bled easily in the lower extremities. Histopathological and immunohistochemical studies were performed and confirmed the diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma (HHV-8). Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Author: Lourdes Elena Barreto Romero
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409502921