International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 19, Number 2 > Pp. 133-134

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CASE REPORTS

Malignant melanoma masquerading as Kaposi's sarcoma

K A Fernando MRCP ^*  and J J R Fernando FRCOG 

^* Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Birmingham; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK

Correspondence to: Dr K A Fernando, Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham B4 6DH, UK Email: kafernando{at}hotmail.com

A homosexual HIV-negative man was referred to the genitourinary medicine department with a histological diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma. Repeat biopsy confirmed that this was in fact malignant melanoma.

Key Words: malignant melanoma • repeat biopsy

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