Kaposi's sarcoma on a lymphedematous arm after mastectomy.
Two patients with Kaposi's sarcoma developing in an area of lymphedematous arm postmastectomy are reported. The Kaposi's sarcoma occurred after latent periods of 26 and 7 years following radical and modified-radical mastectomy, respectively, in the edematous tissue of the ipsilateral arm. The cutaneous nodules were purple in color and ranged in size from a few millimeters to > 1 cm in diameter. The results of routine laboratory tests were all within normal limits. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody and cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), were negative.
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Department of Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors