Case Report
Incidentally Detected Kaposi Sarcoma of Adrenal Gland with
Anaplastic Features in an HIV Negative Patient
Zeliha Esin Celik,
1
Murat Celik,
2
Erdem Sen,
3
Hakan Cebeci,
4
Ozlem Ata,
3
and Cagdas Yavas
5
1
Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Selc ¸uk University, Alaaddin Keykubat Campus, Selc ¸uklu, 42000 Konya, Turkey
2
Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Selc ¸uk University, Turkey
3
Clinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Selc ¸uk University, Turkey
4
Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Selc ¸uk University, Turkey
5
Radiation Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Selc ¸uk University, Turkey
Correspondence should be addressed to Zeliha Esin Celik; dresincelik@hotmail.com
Received 15 July 2016; Accepted 8 September 2016
Academic Editor: Atif A. Ahmed
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Kaposi sarcoma (KS), a vascular tumor caused by infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), is a systemic disease that can present
with cutaneous lesions with or without visceral involvement. Very few cases of KS, most of which were associated with AIDS, have
been reported in the adrenal gland. Anaplastic transformation of KS is a rare clinical presentation known as an aggressive disease
with local recurrence and metastatic potential. We report here a 47-year-old HIV negative male presented with extra-adrenal symp-
toms and had an incidentally detected anaplastic adrenal KS exhibited aggressive clinical course. To the best of our knowledge, this is
the frst case of anaplastic primary adrenal KS without mucocutaneous involvement but subsequently developed other side adrenal
metastases in an HIV negative patient.
1. Introduction
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a rare low-grade malignant vascular
neoplasm caused by human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) and
ofen occurs in the setting of human immunodefciency
virus (HIV) infection [1]. KS is a multifocal tumor that
manifests most frequently in mucocutaneous sites, typically
the skin of the lower extremities, face, trunk, genitalia, and
oropharyngeal mucosa [1, 2]. Visceral KS in the absence of
mucocutaneous lesions is uncommon [3] and among viscera,
adrenal gland involvement of KS is extremely rare with very
few reports in the literature [2–6] many of which are usually
associated with AIDS [1].
Anaplastic KS, which is defned histologically as a tumor
with greater cytologic atypia and high mitotic rate, is accepted
as a disease with a more locally aggressive behaviour and
metastatic potential, but its exact incidence is indeterminate
in the literature [1, 7].
Herein, we report a case of anaplastic primary adrenal KS
without mucocutaneous involvement which is incidentally
diagnosed in an HIV negative patient and exhibited aggres-
sive clinical course with a metastatic tumor detected at the
other adrenal gland seven months afer the initial diagnosis.
2. Case Report
A 47-year-old male applied to a pulmonologist with com-
plaint of cough. Torax computed tomography was per-
formed and 8 × 6 × 3 cm mass was incidentally detected
at lef adrenal gland on radiological sections. Ten, the
patient was evaluated in terms of hormonal activity of the
mass by endocrinologist with suspicion of pheochromocy-
toma, Cushing syndrome, or hyperaldosteronism but the
results were negative for each. Subsequently, a dynamic
magnetic resonance imaging of lef adrenal gland was per-
formed and T1-weighted enhanced images revealed difuse
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