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JUNE 7, 2023

New Subtype of KS Emerges Among MSM Without HIV


Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition

By Myles Starr

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Karissa Libson

A new subtype of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) has been described among men who have sex with men (MSM) who do not have HIV (Arch Dermatol Res 2023 Mar 1. doi:10.1007/s00403-023-02552-2).

KS has long been on dermatologists’ radar as an AIDS-defining disease, and it is seen among HIV-negative people, mostly among older men of Mediterranean descent, but it is rare in the United States. KS, a