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Penile Kaposi's sarcoma preceded by chronic penile lymphoedema
R A Schwartz1, J B Cohen, R A Watson
1Department of Dermatology, New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07103-2714, USA.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|January 29, 2000
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.