Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()()

We present the case of an HIV-negative man with asymptomatic penile erythematoviolaceous papules associated with similar slightly verrucous papules in the interdigital space of the right foot. A biopsy of the penile lesion confirmed Kaposi's sarcoma. No other causes of immunosuppression were ob...

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Autores principales: Ramos, Mauro Cunha, Oliveira, Fabiana Bazanella de, Antonello, Vicente Sperb, Boff, Ana Leticia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2020
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What Is Your Diagnosis?
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32747011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2020.03.006
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author Ramos, Mauro Cunha
Oliveira, Fabiana Bazanella de
Antonello, Vicente Sperb
Boff, Ana Leticia
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description We present the case of an HIV-negative man with asymptomatic penile erythematoviolaceous papules associated with similar slightly verrucous papules in the interdigital space of the right foot. A biopsy of the penile lesion confirmed Kaposi's sarcoma. No other causes of immunosuppression were observed. Penile lesions of KS are rare in HIV-negative individuals but it should also be considered in the differential diagnosis. Careful follow-up is recommended.
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spelling pubmed-75629932020-10-20 Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()() Ramos, Mauro Cunha Oliveira, Fabiana Bazanella de Antonello, Vicente Sperb Boff, Ana Leticia An Bras Dermatol What Is Your Diagnosis? We present the case of an HIV-negative man with asymptomatic penile erythematoviolaceous papules associated with similar slightly verrucous papules in the interdigital space of the right foot. A biopsy of the penile lesion confirmed Kaposi's sarcoma. No other causes of immunosuppression were observed. Penile lesions of KS are rare in HIV-negative individuals but it should also be considered in the differential diagnosis. Careful follow-up is recommended. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2020 2020-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7562993/ /pubmed/32747011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2020.03.006 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle What Is Your Diagnosis?
Ramos, Mauro Cunha
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Antonello, Vicente Sperb
Boff, Ana Leticia
Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()()
title Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()()
title_full Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()()
title_fullStr Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()()
title_full_unstemmed Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()()
title_short Case for diagnosis. Penile lesion in HIV-negative patient()()
title_sort case for diagnosis. penile lesion in hiv-negative patient()()
topic What Is Your Diagnosis?
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32747011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2020.03.006
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