Cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma – case report

*Konrad Wroński¹, Przemysław Stefaniak², Zbigniew Masłowski², Leszek Frąckowiak¹

Summary
Classic Kaposi sarcoma is rare disease. First time it was described by Moriz Kaposi in 1872 as an idiopathic, multipigmented sarcoma of the skin. Typically, classic Kaposi sarcoma is observed in men from Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe or Middle Eastern descent. It is rare observed in North America and Northern Europe. Surgical biopsy is important in diagnosis of this neoplasm. Every patient with Kaposi sarcoma must have HIV test done. Treatment of Kaposi’s sarcoma evaluated from classic form for single lesion to experimental therapies. For patients with single lesion surgical biopsy is adequate treatment. Patients with a few lesions located nearby can be treated by single doses of radiation (from 8 to 12 Gy). Patients with widespread mucocutaneous disease, lymphedema or visceral disease are treated with systemic cytotoxic therapy. In this article the authors presented a case of a man who was admitted to the hospital because of classic cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma. The patient underwent surgery of the biggest skin tumor located in the left inguinal area which disturbed function normally every day.

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