| Literature DB >> 10651713 |
R A Schwartz1, J B Cohen, R A Watson, P Gascón, R N Ahkami, Z Ruszczak, J Halpern, W C Lambert.
Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma localized to the penis with striking lymphoedema is extraordinary. We report a middle-aged Haitian man who was human herpesvirus-8 seropositive, without evidence of immunosuppression or human immunodeficiency virus infection. He was first seen with Kaposi's sarcoma of 6 months duration localized to his penis, preceded by a 3-year history of chronic penile lymphoedema. His tumour regressed completely after radiotherapy. We propose that chronic lymphoedema in this patient predisposed to the development of Kaposi's sarcoma.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID： 10651713 DOI： 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03259.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Dermatol ISSN： 0007-0963 Impact factor: 9.302