Mycosis fungoides and Kaposi’s sarcoma association in an HIV-negative patient [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016 The association of mycosis fungoides and kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-negative patients is a rare phenomenon. The presence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) – associated with all forms of Kaposi’s sarcoma – has also been recently identified in mycosis fungoides ...
Maria Carolina Prado Fleury Bariani +4 more
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Conjunctival Kaposi’s sarcoma in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patient: a case report
Indonesia Journal of Biomedical Science, 2020 Background: Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is malignant neoplasm of the vascular endothelium, caused by Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV 8). Clinical variants consist of classic KS, iatrogenic KS, and AIDS KS. The manifestation of KS in the eye may occur in the eyelids, the lacrimal sac or gland, the orbit and bulbar or palpebral conjunctiva. This case study aims to
Ni Made Laksmi Utari +5 more
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Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids [PDF]
, 1998 We report a 69-year-old female with erythroblastopenia and thymoma who developed lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) after thymectomy, 2 months after the initiation of therapy with methylprednisolone.
Alomar, A. +8 more
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Short communication: NKG2C+ NK cells contribute to increases in CD16+CD56- cells in HIV type 1+ individuals with high plasma viral load. [PDF]
, 2012 Chronic HIV-1 infection results in the expansion of both NKG2C+ and CD16+CD56- human natural killer cells. NKG2C+ cells proliferate in response to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and expansion of the dysfunctional CD56-CD16+ natural killer (NK) cells is ...
Bower, Mark +5 more
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A case of Kaposi’s sarcoma of tonsil with profuse bleeding in an HIV-positive patient
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021 Kaposi’s sarcoma is the most common AIDS-associated malignancy. Kaposi’s sarcoma in the oral cavity and oropharynx present as a macular, papular, or nodular lesion on the palate, gingiva, or tongue which may look pink, reddish, or purplish.
Dorji Penjor, Aun Wee Chong
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ORF45-induced Filamin A phosphorylation promotes cell motility and cell-contact dependent viral infection of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. [PDF]
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Multiple human herpesvirus-8 infection [PDF]
, 2003 In Malawian patients with Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and their relatives, we investigated nucleotide-sequence variation in human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) subgenomic DNA, amplified from oral and blood samples by use of polymerase chain reaction.
Beyari, MM +7 more
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The activation of KSHV lytic cycle blocks autophagy in PEL cells [PDF]
, 2015 This study confirms that autophagy is activated concomitantly with KSHV lytic cycle induction, and that autophagy inhibition by BECN1 knockdown reduces viral lytic gene expression.
CIRONE, Mara +7 more
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Journal of Global Health Reports, 2021 # Background Kaposi’s sarcoma became prevalent with the appearance of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) in the 1980s. However, the widespread use of the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) reduced its prevalence in communities with good ...
Jonathan C Daboer +4 more
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Scrotal Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV-negative Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023 Background: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an indolent angio-proliferative tumor proliferation with spindle cells originating from endothelial and immune cells infected with human herpes virus type 8. (HHV-8: also known as Kaposi sarcoma herpes virus [KSHV]).
Teona Bushati +5 more
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