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A case report of the rapid dissemination of Kaposi’s sarcoma in a patient with HIV

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2013
Introduction: Kaposi’s sarcoma is the most common HIV-associated neoplastic disease. In most cases it starts on the skin and later spreads to other visceral organs.
Indiran Govender, Mogakgomo H. Motswaledi, Langalibalele H. Mabuza   +2 more
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HIV-1 Evolutionary Patterns Associated with Metastatic Kaposi's Sarcoma during AIDS. [PDF]

, 2016
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in HIV-infected individuals can have a wide range of clinical outcomes, from indolent skin tumors to a life-threatening visceral cancer. KS tumors contain endothelial-related cells and inflammatory cells that may be HIV-infected. In
Barbier, Andrew E, Fogel, Gary B, Lamers, Susanna L, McGrath, Michael S, Nolan, David J, Rose, Rebecca, Salemi, Marco   +6 more
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Consensus of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases and Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology on the management and treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Kaposi's sarcoma is a multifocal vascular lesion of low-grade potential that is most often present in mucocutaneous sites and usually also affects lymph nodes and visceral organs.
Érico Arruda, Alexandre Andrade dos Anjos Jacome, Ana Luiza de Castro Conde Toscano, Anderson Arantes Silvestrini, André Santa Bárbara Rêgo, Evanius Garcia Wiermann, Geraldo Felicio da Cunha, Jr., Heloisa Ramos Lacerda de Melo, Karen Mirna Loro Morejón, Luciano Zubaran Goldani, Luiz Carlos Pereira, Jr., Mariliza Henrique Silva, Mauro Sergio Treistman, Mônica Cristina Toledo Pereira, Patricia Maria Bezerra Xavier Romero, Rafael Aron Schmerling, Rodrigo Antonio Vieira Guedes, Veridiana Pires de Camargo   +17 more
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Dermatomyositis with Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Patient without Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
The first case of dermatomyositis complicating cutaneous and visceral Kaposi’s sarcoma is presented in a 75-year-old man without human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Dana Liang, Andrew Szilagyi, Robin C Billick, Herbert Srolovitz, Ricardo Bullen   +4 more
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Primary Research: Short Communication: Evidence Supporting Rare AIDS-Kaposi's Sarcoma Metastasis In Keeping With Their Vascular Endothelial Evolution

Cancer Cell International, 2002
Background It is postulated that the unusual manifestations of Kaposis's sarcoma cells in nonendothelial brain tissues and on eyeballs in advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases are metastasized AIDS-Kaposi's sarcoma cells arising from ...
Mazumder Amitabha, Rahman Mahruf U
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Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma—an atypical clinical presentation

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma is an angioproliferative neoplasia caused by infection with human herpesvirus 8. It typically presents with mucocutaneous involvement. Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma is rare, and an uncommon form of initial presentation of the
Ana Luísa Ramos, Joana Granado, Ana Isabel Calderón, Sandra André, Fernando Nogueira   +4 more
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Does the knowledge of the human immunodeficiency virus serostatus influence the clinical diagnostic proficiency of Kaposi's sarcoma?

South African Family Practice, 2013
Objectives: Kaposi's sarcoma is an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining illness. A spectrum of non- Kaposi's sarcoma clinical and histopathological mimickers contributes to the potential over- or underdiagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma.
L.J. van Bogaert
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Aggressive Kaposi's Sarcoma in a 6-month-old African infant: Case Report and Review of the Literature. [PDF]

, 2000
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), known to exist in Africa for a century now, was rare in children and unknown in the newborn. With the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a more aggressive, disseminated type of KS (AKS) was recognized. Recently KS was diagnosed in a 6-
Amir, H, Maduhu, I Z, Manji, K P
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Molecularly targeted therapy for Kaposi's sarcoma in a kidney transplant patient: case report, "what worked and what did not"

BMC Nephrology, 2007
Background Imatinib is a tyrosine-kinase inhibitor; for which there is limited information regarding its effects on AIDS Kaposi's sarcoma and none in patients with transplant-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.
Correa-Rotter Ricardo, Zinser Juan W, Volkow Patricia   +2 more
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High Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Mental Health Illness Comorbidity in Urban Haiti

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background People living in low‐income settings facing humanitarian crises are at risk for comorbid cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mental health (MH) illness, yet there are limited population‐based data available.
Lily D. Yan, Miranda Metz, Rodney Sufra, Reichling St Sauveur, Kelly Celestin, Erline Hilaire, Suzanne Edwidge Marcellin, Sarine Auguste, Anju Ogyu, Catherine Bennett, Serena Koenig, Lindsey Reif, Jessy Dévieux, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Jean W. Pape, Vanessa Rouzier, Margaret L. McNairy   +16 more
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