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Published on: September 14, 2010
Kaposi's sarcoma: An unusual penile lesion in a HIV negative patient
Aldo Franco De Rose1, Matteo Justich, Guglielmo Mantica
1Department of Urology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico per l'Oncologia, University of Genova, Genoa. aldofrancoderose@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of the penis is a very rare lesion and it is usually observed in HIV-infected patients. We introduce a case of KS of the penis in a 75 years old HIV negative patient with a peripheral T-cell lymphoma. He came to our attention with a painful ulcerated red lesion on the glans that stretched from the urethral meatus to the coronal skin. This lesion was found to be a KS balanopreputial in the classical variant. Penile KS must be included in the differential diagnosis of genital diseases especially when the clinical features of the lesion are aspecific and diagnosis can be made histologically by performing a biopsy.
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