Non AIDS Kaposi’s Sarcoma Leading to Lower Extremities Wounds, Case Presentations and Discussion

ACCWS January 19, 2013

Laemthong Phavixay, DPM,^a David Raynolds, DPM,^a and Richard Simman, MD, FACS, FACCWS^b,c,∗

Abstract

“Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a rare malignancy that with the onset of the AIDS epidemic suggests a link between the development of disease and a transmissible agent. It is a low-grade vascular tumor associated with infection with the human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8). The first case presents a non-HIV patient with Kaposi’s sarcoma of the left foot and the second case is a kidney transplant patient on immunosuppressive medications with wounds on the right leg due to non-HIV Kaposi’s sarcoma.”

For Full Text in the archived Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3921239/

Categories: Archived JACCWS, Case Study

Tags: accws, cancer, Chronic wounds, doctors, hiv, immune system, jaccws, leg, Leg wounds, Non AIDS Kaposi's sarcoma, sarcoma, Ulcer, Wound care, woundhealing, wounds

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