Menezes N, Moreira A, Mota G, Tente D, Lima O, Pinto P, Gonçalves O, Baptista A

Language: Portugués
References: 7
Page: 203-206
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A 84 year-old man from north Portugal with chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia (diagnosed 2 years ago), under treatment with erythropoietin and hydroxyurea and Kaposi´s sarcoma is reported. The patient was referred to our department with brown macules, papules and patches with a smooth surface and whitish scale, located to the lower limbs that had appeared 2 month ago. The diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma was histologically confirmed. He was HIV-1/HIV-2 negative and had no analytic detectable immussupression. The patient died short time after the diagnosis without specif any treatment.

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