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The Lancet, 2004 Kaposi’s sarcoma is a neoplasm that is unusual in itsclinical manifestations, course, and pathogenesis. Itsmale predominance, and occurrence specific to certainparts of the world is striking. The clinical course rangesfrom indolent—with lesions going into spontaneousremission—to aggressive spread, involving sub-cutaneous tissues, lymph nodes, mucosal ...
Liron, Pantanowitz, Bruce J, Dezube
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2019 Kaposi sarcoma (KS) gained public attention as an AIDS-defining malignancy; its appearance on the skin was a highly stigmatizing sign of HIV infection during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The widespread introduction of effective antiretrovirals to control HIV by restoring immunocompetence reduced the prevalence of AIDS-related KS, although KS does ...
Cesarman, Ethel +5 more
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British Journal of Cancer, 1991 Abstract The skin may be the most commonly affected organ in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. This may be manifested in a number of different ways, ranging from pruritus and generalized xerosis to severe fulminating infections with opportunistic agents.
M C, Stickler, A E, Friedman-Kien
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Pulmonary Kaposi's Sarcoma - Initial Presentation of HIV Infection [PDF]
Folia Medica, 2019 Kaposi’s sarcoma is the most common malignancy associated with human immunodeficiency virus. It commonly affects the skin but can present with visceral involvement, including the lungs.
Radka Komitova +2 more
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Incidence of Kaposi Sarcoma in Sweden is Decreasing
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2020 Kaposi sarcoma is a rare skin cancer, and epidemiological research into Kaposi sarcoma is therefore scarce. The current epidemiological situation for Kaposi sarcoma in Sweden is unknown.
Giedre Bieliauskiene +4 more
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KAPOSI SARCOMA COEXISTING WITH NEW ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS IN A 42-YEAROLD KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT: A CASE REPORT [PDF]
Kanem Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: Renal allograft recipients develop several complications such as infections and neoplasms. New onset diabetes mellitus is a common transplant complication but rarely coexist with Kaposi sarcoma.
Sulaiman MM +4 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background There have hardly been any reported cases of children presenting with Kaposi sarcoma as a second malignancy following treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia outside a transplant setting.
Richard Nyeko +3 more
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Kaposi sarcoma in a kidney transplant recipient
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2023 We present the case report of a kidney transplant recipient, human immunodeficiency virus negative, man with Kaposi sarcoma. Clinically red-purple coloured papules and macules of different size were visible on the left foot.
Sopiko Liluashvili +3 more
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Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2013 Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a low-grade vascular tumor associated with Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV8) infection. Kaposi sarcoma lesions predominantly present at mucocutaneous sites, but may involve all organs and anatomic locations. Recognized epidemiologic-clinical forms of KS include classic, African (endemic), AIDS-associated (
Oana, Radu, Liron, Pantanowitz
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020 Purpose: To report a case of Kaposi sarcoma in a patient with previously undiagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Observations: A 23-year-old male patient presented to the eye clinic with complaints of redness of his left eye for the ...
Christopher Donovan +5 more
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