Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma with the Involvement of Penis in the Setting of HIV Infection

Maham Farshidpour; Majid Marjani; Parvaneh Baghaei; Payam Tabarsi; Heidar Masjedi; Zahra Farzaneh Asadi Kani; Seyed Alireza Nadji; Davood Mansouri

doi:10.4103/0019-5154.147852

Disseminated Kaposi's Sarcoma with the Involvement of Penis in the Setting of HIV Infection

Indian J Dermatol. 2015 Jan-Feb;60(1):104. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.147852.

Authors

Maham Farshidpour¹, Majid Marjani¹, Parvaneh Baghaei¹, Payam Tabarsi², Heidar Masjedi¹, Zahra Farzaneh Asadi Kani³, Seyed Alireza Nadji⁴, Davood Mansouri¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Mycobacteriology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Skin Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Virology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignant proliferation of the endothelial cells. It typically presents with several vascular nodules on the skin and other organs. The penile localization of KS, particularly on the shaft area, is exceptional. We report an HIV-positive 34-year-old man who had multiple purplish-black plaques on his extremities and several small violaceous macules on the glans and shaft of the penis. Kaposi's sarcoma was diagnosed by histopathology.

Keywords: HIV; Kaposi's sarcoma; penile lesion.