Kaposi's sarcoma of the conjunctiva.
Three cases of Kaposi's sarcoma involving the conjunctiva are reported. The first patient had been affected by a single lesion on the glans penis. In the second patient the conjunctival lesion adopted a peculiar globular shape. The third patient had been treated with corticosteroids for pemphigus when the Kaposi's sarcoma lesion appeared. Although these conjunctival lesions are extremely rare, dermatologists should not rule out the possibility of Kaposi's sarcoma with ocular involvement, bearing in mind its higher incidence because of the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and the increasing number of patients with immunosuppression.
D000368:Aged; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010392:Pemphigus / Q000150:complications; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary