title: [Kaposi's sarcoma arising in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Dermatologia e Venereologia, Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia, Gaia.
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Gioconda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tente
authors.forename: Olinda
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Pureza
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baptista
mesh_terms: 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*