title: Penile Kaposi's sarcoma preceded by chronic penile lymphoedema.
abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma localized to the penis with striking lymphoedema is extraordinary. We report a middle-aged Haitian man who was human herpesvirus-8 seropositive, without evidence of immunosuppression or human immunodeficiency virus infection. He was first seen with Kaposi's sarcoma of 6 months duration localized to his penis, preceded by a 3-year history of chronic penile lymphoedema. His tumour regressed completely after radiotherapy. We propose that chronic lymphoedema in this patient predisposed to the development of Kaposi's sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07103-2714, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gascón
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ahkami
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ruszczak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halpern
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy