Kaposi’s sarcoma: An unusual penile lesion in a HIV negative patient


Submitted: January 17, 2017
Accepted: March 1, 2017
Published: June 30, 2017
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  • Aldo Franco De Rose Department of Urology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico per l’Oncologia, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.
  • Matteo Justich Department of Urology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico per l’Oncologia, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.
  • Guglielmo Mantica Department of Urology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico per l’Oncologia, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.
  • Nicolò Testino Department of Urology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico per l’Oncologia, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.
  • Carlo Terrone Department of Urology, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico per l’Oncologia, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of the penis is a very rare lesion and it is usually observed in HIV-infected patients. We introduce a case of KS of the penis in a 75 years old HIV negative patient with a peripheral T-cell lymphoma. He came to our attention with a painful ulcerated red lesion on the glans that stretched from the urethral meatus to the coronal skin. This lesion was found to be a KS balanopreputial in the classical variant. Penile KS must be included in the differential diagnosis of genital diseases especially when the clinical features of the lesion are aspecific and diagnosis can be made histologically by performing a biopsy.

De Rose, A. F., Justich, M., Mantica, G., Testino, N., & Terrone, C. (2017). Kaposi’s sarcoma: An unusual penile lesion in a HIV negative patient. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 89(2), 164–165. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2017.2.164

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