Tonsillar Kaposi Sarcoma in an HIV-Negative Patient: A Case Report
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Case Report
P: 46-49
March 2019

Tonsillar Kaposi Sarcoma in an HIV-Negative Patient: A Case Report

Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2019;57(1):46-49
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fırat University School of Medicine, Elazığ, Turkey
2. Department of Pathology, Fırat University School of Medicine, Elazığ, Turkey
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Received Date: 27.04.2018
Accepted Date: 04.09.2018
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ABSTRACT

Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a rare malignancy associated with AIDS and usually affects skin. The most common causative agent is the Human Herpes Virus Type 8 (HHV-8). In the literature, there are few case reports about KS with no association to AIDS. In this case report, we report a 72-year-old HIV (-) woman who presented to our clinic with a complaint of fast swelling in the right palatine tonsil and was histopathologically diagnosed as tonsillar KS.