Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient

Kaposi's sarcoma is an uncommon endothelial malignant tumor, first described by Moricz Kaposi in 1872. It is commonly encountered in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), immunosuppression or organ transplantation. Conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma is a rare tumor, mostly in...

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Autores principales: Mikropoulos, Dimitris, Mavrikakis, Ioannis, Ziakas, Nikolas G., Konstas, Anastasios G.P., Boboridis, Kostas G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: June 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21734889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000329541
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author Mikropoulos, Dimitris
Mavrikakis, Ioannis
Ziakas, Nikolas G.
Konstas, Anastasios G.P.
Boboridis, Kostas G.
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Ziakas, Nikolas G.
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description Kaposi's sarcoma is an uncommon endothelial malignant tumor, first described by Moricz Kaposi in 1872. It is commonly encountered in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), immunosuppression or organ transplantation. Conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma is a rare tumor, mostly in patients with AIDS. We present a selected case with a superior bulbar conjunctival lesion in a patient who is HIV negative and immunocompetent, with an unremarkable general medical history. The lesion was surgically excised with no adjunctive treatment, and histological examination confirmed the diagnosis. There was no recurrence or metastasis 5 years after surgery.
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spelling pubmed-31281342011-07-06 Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient Mikropoulos, Dimitris Mavrikakis, Ioannis Ziakas, Nikolas G. Konstas, Anastasios G.P. Boboridis, Kostas G. Case Rep Ophthalmol Published: June 2011 Kaposi's sarcoma is an uncommon endothelial malignant tumor, first described by Moricz Kaposi in 1872. It is commonly encountered in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), immunosuppression or organ transplantation. Conjunctival Kaposi's sarcoma is a rare tumor, mostly in patients with AIDS. We present a selected case with a superior bulbar conjunctival lesion in a patient who is HIV negative and immunocompetent, with an unremarkable general medical history. The lesion was surgically excised with no adjunctive treatment, and histological examination confirmed the diagnosis. There was no recurrence or metastasis 5 years after surgery. S. Karger AG 2011-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3128134/ /pubmed/21734889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000329541 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger GmbH, Freiburg http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: June 2011
Mikropoulos, Dimitris
Mavrikakis, Ioannis
Ziakas, Nikolas G.
Konstas, Anastasios G.P.
Boboridis, Kostas G.
Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient
title Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_full Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_fullStr Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_full_unstemmed Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_short Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Bulbar Conjunctiva in an Immunocompetent Patient
title_sort kaposi's sarcoma of the bulbar conjunctiva in an immunocompetent patient
topic Published: June 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3128134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21734889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000329541
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