Primary Classic Kaposi Sarcoma of the Parotid Gland in an HIV-Negative Patient

Sana Batool; Elizabeth C Draper; Vickie Y Jo; Rosh K V Sethi

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2023.4254

Primary Classic Kaposi Sarcoma of the Parotid Gland in an HIV-Negative Patient

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Mar 1;150(3):275-277. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.4254.

Authors

Sana Batool^{1

2}, Elizabeth C Draper^{1

3}, Vickie Y Jo^{1

3}, Rosh K V Sethi^{2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Center for Surgery and Public Health and Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 38206612
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.4254

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case report describes an HIV-negative man in his 60s of Mediterranean descent with hypertension, Hashimoto thyroiditis, nephrolithiasis, and gout who presented with a lump on the right side of his face and was subsequently diagnosed with Kaposi sarcoma.

MeSH terms

HIV Infections* / complications
Humans
Parotid Gland
Sarcoma, Kaposi*
Skin Neoplasms*