title: [Endemic kaposi's sarcoma in a HIV-Negative patient].
abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric, inflammatory angioproliferative cancer associated with herpes virus 8 (HHV-8). It has four clinico-epidemiological types: classic, endemic, iatrogenic and epidemic, or HIV associated. Clinically it may be indolent or aggressive, mainly affecting mucocutaneous areas with eventual visceral and lymph node involvement. It is often present and in a more aggressive form in the HIV-positive population. We report a case of a 27-year-old HIV- negative male patient with a bleeding tumoral lesion in the Waldeyer ring, multiple lymphadenopathies and exophytic foot lesions that remit with anthracycline-based emergency chemotherapy. HIV-negative KS is a rare condition. It is important to consider Peru as an endemic region for HHV-8. The oral involvement of KS is a rare manifestation and of poor prognosis, however, the HIV-negative factor could confer a good prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Revilla-López
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Fabián
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anampa-Guzmán
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Josias
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosales-Zúñiga
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chalco-Huamán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology