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MAY 8, 2023
New Subtype of KS Emerges Among MSM Without HIV
By Myles Starr
A new subtype of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) has been described among men who have sex with men (MSM) who do not have HIV (Arch Dermatol Res 2023 Mar 1. doi:10.1007/s00403-023-02552-2).
KS has long been on dermatologists’ radar as an AIDS-defining disease, and it is seen among HIV-negative people, mostly among older men of Mediterranean descent, but it is rare in the United States. KS, a vascular malignancy, has been linked to human herpesvirus-8. There are four established subtypes, which are designated according to risk factors, presentation and disease course, according to the paper.
In the HIV-negative arm of this retrospective study, six in 19 patients (<30%) fit into an unclassified KS type, defined as healthy, middle-aged, MSM without HIV who had lower extremity lesions.
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