Clinical exuberance of classic Kaposi's sarcoma and response to radiotherapy

Trujillo, Jeniffer Muñoz; Alves, Natália Ribeiro de Magalhães; Medeiros, Paula Mota; Azulay-Abulafia, Luna; Alves, Maria de Fátima Guimarães Scotelaro; Gripp, Alexandre Carlos

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Case Report • An. Bras. Dermatol. 90 (6) • Nov-Dec 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153877 copy

Clinical exuberance of classic Kaposi's sarcoma and response to radiotherapy^* * Study carried out at Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (HUPE-UERJ) - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

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Abstract:

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric vascular neoplasm, with cutaneous and extracutaneous involvement. Different clinical and epidemiological variants have been identified. The classic form is manifested mainly in elderly men with indolent and long-term evolution, with lesions localized primarily in the lower extremities. We present two cases of classic Kaposi's sarcoma (CKS) in two female patients with extensive, exuberant skin involvement and rapid evolution, with good response to radiotherapy.

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Aged; Herpesvirus 8, human; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma, Kaposi

Stage	Cutaneous Lesions	Location	Behavior	Progression	Complications
I. Maculonodular	Macules or nodules or both	Lower limbs	Non-aggressive	Slow (A) Fast (B)	^a a All prevail in stage III and IV; lymphedema and lymphorrhea are observed in stage II and rarely in stage I Lymphedema, hemorrhage, pain, functional involvement, ulceration
II. Infiltrative	Plaques	Lower limbs	Locally aggressive	Slow (A) Fast (B)
III. Florid	Angiomatous nodules and plaques	Extremities, particularly the lower ones	Locally aggressive	Slow (A) Fast (B)
IV. Disseminated	Angiomatous nodules and plaques	Extremities, trunk, head	Disseminated, aggressive	Fast (B)

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Clinical exuberance of classic Kaposi's sarcoma and response to radiotherapy* * Study carried out at Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (HUPE-UERJ) - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

Abstract:

Clinical exuberance of classic Kaposi's sarcoma and response to radiotherapy^* * Study carried out at Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (HUPE-UERJ) - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.