Periodicidad semestral: flujo continuo.
ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
In 1872 the Austro Hungarian dermatologist Moritz Kaposi described this clinical entity for the first time and called Idiopathic Pigmented Multiple Sarcoma that affected male Jews from Mediterranean areas. In 1956 an endemic variety in equatorial Africa was reported. In the 1960s, a third variety was described in patients undergoing renal transplantation and receiving immunosuppression. In the 80s appeared in patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Case report: The case of a patient previously diagnosed as a carrier of human immunodeficiency virus treated at Carlos Andrade Marín Hospital, Quito Ecuador, for havin g exophytic lesions distributed in the inguinal, genital and ano-perineal regions, with a fetid yellowish discharge, scrotal and right thigh edema. A diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma associated to acquired immunodeficiency virus was made. After an unsatisfactory evolution and due to the advanced stage of the disease, the patient died. Discussion: Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) is a malignant vascular neoplasm, more frequent in immunocompromised patients. It has a high morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis requires histological confirmation of neoplastic cellularity and the presence of HHV-8.
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