Kaposi’s sarcoma in an HIV-negative patient

Authors

  • Clara Georgina Garcia Lahera Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”, Las Tunas.
  • Yamit Peña Zayas Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”, Las Tunas.
  • Erlinda Ricardo Mora Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”, Las Tunas.

Keywords:

SARCOMA, KAPOSI, NEOPLASMS

Abstract

Kaposi’s sarcoma is a vascular tumour of the skin, most frequently seen in men over 50 years of age, of long-term progress and low mortality. It is related to the infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); it appears in the advanced stages of the disease and with immunosuppression, affecting approximately 20 % of the people with HIV who do not take antiretroviral drugs. This is a case of an urban female patient who did not have a history of disease and who began to have squamous erythematous lesions on the right foot and on the thighs. A skin biopsy was performed and the patient was diagnosed with a Kaposi’s sarcoma. The patient was HIV-negative. This case is presented as it is a rare condition in an HIV-negative patient.

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Author Biographies

Clara Georgina Garcia Lahera, Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”, Las Tunas.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral y Dermatología. Investigador Agregado. Profesora Auxiliar.

Yamit Peña Zayas, Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”, Las Tunas.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Dermatología.

Erlinda Ricardo Mora, Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”, Las Tunas.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral. Residente de tercer año de Dermatología.

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Published

2015-06-18

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Garcia Lahera CG, Peña Zayas Y, Ricardo Mora E. Kaposi’s sarcoma in an HIV-negative patient. Rev. electron. Zoilo [Internet]. 2015 Jun. 18 [cited 2025 Sep. 10];40(9). Available from: https://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/318

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Vol. 40 No. 9 (2015): September

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Case reports

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