HIV positive patients present with the following appearance of the leg with a history of HHV-8 infection, what is the most likely diagnosis?: (A) Lymphoma, (B) Kaposi sarcoma, (C) Malignant melanoma, (D) Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Answer is B. Ans. (b) Kaposi sarcoma.Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a soft tissue sarcoma of vascular origin that is induced by the human herpes virus 8. The incidence of KS increased dramatically during the AIDS epidemic.Image source- style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif">