Lymphangiectatic Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with AIDS

• Autor(a) principal: Santos,Mônica
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Vilasboas,Virginia, Mendes,Luciana, Talhari,Carolina, Talhari,Sinésio
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Anais brasileiros de dermatologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962013000200276
• topic: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Lymphedema; Murine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Sarcoma, kaposi

Kaposi's sarcoma is a malignant disease that originates in the lymphatic endothelium. It has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Its four distinct clinical forms are: classic, endemic, iatrogenic and epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma. In non-HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma, the disease is typically limited to the lower extremities, but in immunodeficient patients, it is a multifocal systemic disease. The clinical course of the disease differs among patients, ranging from a single or a few indolent lesions to an aggressive diffuse disease. Advanced Kaposi's sarcoma lesions, typically those on the lower extremities, are often associated with lymphedema. In this paper, we report a case of a patient with a rare form of AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma called lymphangiectatic Kaposis's sarcoma.