Penile Kaposi sarcoma: A case of complete resolution with highly active antiret...

• Author(s): Pinto-Almeida, T. ; Torres, T. ; Rosmaninho, A. ; Sanches, M. ; Alves, R. ; Caetano, M. ; Selores, M.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/1663
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Centro Hospitalar do Porto
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Kaposi sarcoma remains an important cause of morbidity in HIV-infected patients. Regardless of the recent pharmacological progress, treatment of this malignancy is still disappointing. We report the case of a patient with Kaposi sarcoma in an unusual localization, the penis, which completely resolved with highly active antiretroviral therapy alone