Kaposi’s sarcoma: An unusual penile lesion in a HIV negative patient

• Main Authors: Aldo Franco De Rose, Matteo Justich, Guglielmo Mantica, Nicolò Testino, Carlo Terrone
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-06-01
• Series: Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia
• Subjects: Kaposi sarcoma; Penile lesion; HIV negative; HHV-8; T-cell lymphoma
• Online Access: http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/6580

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of the penis is a very rare lesion and it is usually observed in HIV-infected patients. We introduce a case of KS of the penis in a 75 years old HIV negative patient with a peripheral T-cell lymphoma. He came to our attention with a painful ulcerated red lesion on the glans that stretched from the urethral meatus to the coronal skin. This lesion was found to be a KS balanopreputial in the classical variant. Penile KS must be included in the differential diagnosis of genital diseases especially when the clinical features of the lesion are aspecific and diagnosis can be made histologically by performing a biopsy.