Emmanuel O González-Irizarry, Luis A Figueroa-Jiménez, Javier Ramos Rossy, Rodolfo Estremera, Javier Monserrate, Amy Lee González-Márquez, Luis Negron-García, Mónica Santiago-Casiano, William Cáceres-Perkins
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A VERY RARE NEOPLASM IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT.
Kaposi's sarcoma is a rare malignancy requiring infection with human Herpes virus for development. We report a case of a 76-year-old immunocompetent male with recurrent leg cellulitis. The cellulitis eventually developed into a non-healing ulcer and a palpable nodule consistent with nodular Kaposi's sarcoma.