La maladie de Kaposi est une maladie angioproliferative multifocale, dont les localisations cutanéo-muqueuses sont les plus fréquentes. Nous en rapportons un cas avec une atteinte musculo squelettique. Patiente de 55 ans, présente depuis un an de multiples nodules angiomateux confluents en des tumeurs ulcéro bourgeonnantes sur un placard hyperpigmenté et oedème de la jambe gauche, associés à de...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical profile and the treatment and natural history of AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma in 3 major dermatology departments in Lomé (Togo). PATIENTS AND METHOD This retrospective, descriptive study was based on the records of patients with AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma from January 2005 through October 2011. RESULTS Duri...

BACKGROUND To date, Kaposi sarcoma has not been mentioned among the adverse effects of triptolide/tripdiolide, ethyl acetate extracts or polyglycosides of the Chinese herbal remedy Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F. CASE REPORT A patient was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 29 years. She underwent treatment with corticosteroids, methotrexate and gold sodium thiosulfate, and was c...

Acroangiodermatitis (synonym pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma) is a dermatological condition characterized by purple-colored nodules, plaques or patches, mostly on the extensor surfaces of lower extremities, usually in patients with chronic venous insufficiency and arteriovenous malformations of the legs, but also in hemodialysis patients with iatrogenic arteriovenous shunts, paralyzed limbs and amputatio...

INTRODUCTION Kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk of cancers, most frequently skin cancers, and in some regions, Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We sought to investigate the associate of the most frequent malignancies among our patients with human leukocyte antigens (HLAs). MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study on 44 kidney allograft recipients who ha...

introduction: the long-term use of immunosuppressive agents for prevention of allograft rejection increases the risk of malignancy approximately 100 times as high as that in the general population and kaposi’s sarcoma (ks) is a relatively common malignancy after kidney transplantation. the aim of present study was to investigate the frequency of ks in patients with kidney transplantation in 20 ...

kaposiform hemangioendothelioma is an aggressive endothelial-derived spindle cell neoplasm that occurs nearly exclusively during childhood and teenage years. the lesion grows rapidly and is often associated with kasabach-merritt syndrome. in this study a 24 days old male neonate who presented with an ill-defined deeply situated violaceous mass on his left arm is described. he had also anemia an...

Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also known as human herpesvirus 8, is the etiologic agent underlying Kaposi sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, and multicentric Castleman's disease. This human gammaherpesvirus was discovered in 1994 by Drs. Yuan Chang and Patrick Moore. Today, there are over five thousand publications on KSHV and its associated malignancies. In this article, we re...