Recurrent Kaposi sarcoma of the ear in an HIV-negative patient: A case report with review of the literature. Is ear a predilection site for Kaposi sarcoma in HIV-negatives?

Ifa Etesami; Yasamin Kalantari; Alireza Ghanadan; Azadeh Rezayat

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4516

Recurrent Kaposi sarcoma of the ear in an HIV-negative patient: A case report with review of the literature. Is ear a predilection site for Kaposi sarcoma in HIV-negatives?

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jul 6;9(7):e04516. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4516. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Ifa Etesami¹, Yasamin Kalantari¹, Alireza Ghanadan², Azadeh Rezayat¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology Razi Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Department of Pathology Razi Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Abstract

While Kaposi sarcoma (KS) of the head and neck is common in HIV-positives, it is a rare presentation in HIV-negatives. It is important to consider KS in the differential diagnosis of ear lesions in HIV-negative patients.

Keywords: dermatology.

Publication types

Case Reports