Sarcoma de Kaposi associado a corticoterapia sistêmica Kaposi sarcoma associated with systemic corticosteroid therapy

Kaposi’s sarcoma is a mesenchymal angioproliferative neoplasm with frequent cutaneous involvement. It is related to infectious diseases or conditions involving immunosuppression. The aim of this paper is to describe a case of disseminated iatrogenic Kaposi’s sarcoma in a female patient under corticosteroid therapy. Although currently Kaposi’s sarcoma is related primarily to the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, it is important to highlight its growing presence as an opportunistic malignancy in patients taking immunosuppressive drugs, particularly corticosteroids.