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Kaposi sarcoma presenting as yellow-green penile plaques in a black man with HIV.

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Waiters, RW; Soler, AP; Selim, MA
Published in: Cutis
July 2011

Kaposi sarcoma characteristically presents with violaceous papules, plaques, or nodules due to the vascular nature of the lesions. We present the case of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive black man with yellow-green penile plaques. Biopsy results revealed leukoedema and slitlike vascular spaces. Immunohistochemistry was positive for CD31 and CD34. He was treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and the penile plaques improved. Localized yellow-green penile plaques are an uncommon presentation of the well-known clinical entity, Kaposi sarcoma. This case underscores the varied clinical presentations that can occur in skin of color and the importance of histopathology in the assessment of uncharacteristic clinical presentations, especially in immunosuppressed patients.

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Published In

Cutis

ISSN

0011-4162

Publication Date

July 2011

Volume

88

Issue

1

Start / End Page

14 / 16

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sarcoma, Kaposi
  • Penile Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • HIV Infections
  • Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
  • Black or African American
 

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Waiters, R. W., Soler, A. P., & Selim, M. A. (2011). Kaposi sarcoma presenting as yellow-green penile plaques in a black man with HIV. Cutis, 88(1), 14–16.
Waiters, Robert W., Alejandro Peralta Soler, and M Angelica Selim. “Kaposi sarcoma presenting as yellow-green penile plaques in a black man with HIV.Cutis 88, no. 1 (July 2011): 14–16.
Waiters RW, Soler AP, Selim MA. Kaposi sarcoma presenting as yellow-green penile plaques in a black man with HIV. Cutis. 2011 Jul;88(1):14–6.
Waiters, Robert W., et al. “Kaposi sarcoma presenting as yellow-green penile plaques in a black man with HIV.Cutis, vol. 88, no. 1, July 2011, pp. 14–16.
Waiters RW, Soler AP, Selim MA. Kaposi sarcoma presenting as yellow-green penile plaques in a black man with HIV. Cutis. 2011 Jul;88(1):14–16.

Published In

Cutis

ISSN

0011-4162

Publication Date

July 2011

Volume

88

Issue

1

Start / End Page

14 / 16

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sarcoma, Kaposi
  • Penile Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • HIV Infections
  • Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
  • Black or African American