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Renteria AS, Marshall VA, Sun Y, et al. A Unique Case of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma restricted to the toes. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2013;7(3):97-100doi: 10.3315/jdcr.2013.1146.
Renteria, A. S., Marshall, V. A., Sun, Y., Chockalingam, P., Cooper, J. S., Huang, Y., & Whitby, D. (2013). A Unique Case of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma restricted to the toes. Journal of dermatological case reports, 7(3), 97-100. https://doi.org/10.3315/jdcr.2013.1146
Renteria, Anne S, et al. "A Unique Case of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma restricted to the toes." Journal of dermatological case reports vol. 7,3 (2013): 97-100. doi: https://doi.org/10.3315/jdcr.2013.1146
Renteria AS, Marshall VA, Sun Y, Chockalingam P, Cooper JS, Huang Y, Whitby D. A Unique Case of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma restricted to the toes. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2013 Sep 30;7(3):97-100. doi: 10.3315/jdcr.2013.1146. eCollection 2013. PMID: 24133565; PMCID: PMC3797018.
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J Dermatol Case Rep. 2013 Sep 30;7(3):97-100. doi: 10.3315/jdcr.2013.1146. eCollection 2013.

A Unique Case of Classic Kaposi's sarcoma restricted to the toes.

Journal of dermatological case reports

Anne S Renteria, Vickie A Marshall, Yanyu Sun, Porselvi Chockalingam, Jay S Cooper, Yiwu Huang, Denise Whitby

Affiliations

  1. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA;

PMID: 24133565 PMCID: PMC3797018 DOI: 10.3315/jdcr.2013.1146

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Kaposi's sarcoma associated-herpesvirus causes all forms of Kaposi's sarcoma, and six major subtypes have been described based on the amino acid sequences of the open reading frame K1.

MAIN OBSERVATION: A 71-year-old man from China, HIV negative, presented with nodules on the dorsal aspect of his toes. Biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma and virology studies of his blood and saliva confirmed the presence of Kaposi's sarcoma associated-herpesvirus infection. Viral genotyping was consistent with subtype C3. Intervention has been deferred as our patient has remained clinically asymptomatic and without evident growth of his lesions over a 2-year follow up.

CONCLUSIONS: We herein report the first known case of Kaposi's sarcoma restricted to the toes caused by the viral subtype C3 in an HIV-negative patient from Harbin, China.

Keywords: China; HIV; KSHV; Kaposi's sarcoma; human herpesvirus-8 subtypes; viral phylogeny

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