[Kaposi's sarcoma arising in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia].
We present the case of a 84 year-old man from north Portugal with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (diagnosed 2 years ago), treated with erythropoietin and hydroxyurea. The patient was referred to our department due to brown macules, papules and patches with a smooth surface and whitish scaling, located in the lower limbs that had appeared two months ago. The diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma was histologically confirmed. He was HIV-1/HIV-2 negative and had no analytic detectable immussupression. The patient died a short time after the diagnosis before we could start treatment.
Menezes
Nuno
N
Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia, Gaia.
Moreira
Ana
A
Mota
Gioconda
G
Tente
David
D
Lima
Olinda
O
Pinto
Pureza
P
Gonçalves
Olga
O
Baptista
Armando
A
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015477:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*