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AI InsightWe,herein, present a 78-year-old female case who developed pseudoKaposi syndrome in her left leg, which was affected by peripheralartery disease following the removal of the saphenous vein sixmonths after coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Abstract
Pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma is a rare, vasoproliferative skin diseaseusually caused by an underlying vascular malformation orvenous insufficiency. Unusual forms such as amputation stumpsand lower extremity paralysis have been also reported. However,its emergence in the leg from which the saphenous vein washarvested following peripheral artery disease and coronaryartery bypass surgery has not been previously reported. We,herein, present a 78-year-old female case who developed pseudoKaposi syndrome in her left leg, which was affected by peripheralartery disease following the removal of the saphenous vein sixmonths after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Özet
Psödo-Kaposi sarkomu genellikle altta yatan vasküler malformasyon veya venöz yetmezlik sonucu ortaya çıkan nadir, vazoproliferatif bir cilt hastalığıdır. Ampütasyon güdüğü ve alt ekstremite paralizisi gibi alışılmadık formlar da bildirilmiştir. Ancak, periferik arter hastalığı ve koroner arter baypas cerrahisi sonrası safen ven çıkarılan bacakta ortaya çıkışı, şimdiye kadar bildirilmemiştir. Bu yazıda, koroner arter baypas greftlemeden altı ay sonra safen ven çıkarılmasını takiben perifer arter hastalığından etkilenen, sol bacağında psödo-Kaposi sendromu gelişen 78 yaşında bir kadın olgu sunuldu.