A 65-year-old man presents at the clinic complaining of nodules on both legs. While admitting the patient the nurse notes that he is wearing a yarmulke
The man tells the nurse that his son, who is in medical school, told him the "lumps" were because he was Jewish. What would the nurse suspect that the patient has?
A) Stasis ulcers
B) Endemic Kaposi's sarcoma
C) Psoriasis
D) Classic Kaposi's sarcoma
Ans: D
Feedback: Classic Kaposi's sarcoma occurs predominantly in men of Mediterranean or Jewish ancestry between 40 and 70 years of age. Most patients have nodules or plaques on the lower extremities that rarely metastasize beyond this area. Classic KS is chronic, relatively benign, and rarely fatal. Stasis ulcers do not create nodules. Endemic KS affects people predominantly in the eastern half of Africa. Psoriasis characteristically presents with silvery plaques.
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