León Jaimovich

Kaposi's sarcoma of the conjunctiva

Three cases of Kaposis sarcoma involving the conjunctiva are reported. The first patient had been affected by a single lesion on the glans penis. In the second patient the conjunctival lesion adopted a peculiar globular shape. The third patient had been treated with corticosteroids for pemphigus when the Kaposis sarcoma lesion appeared. Although these conjunctival lesions are extremely rare, dermatologists should not rule out the possibility of Kaposis sarcoma with ocular involvement, bearing in mind its higher incidence because of the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and the increasing number of patients with immunosuppression.