Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient

Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) was first described in 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. In 1994, Chang et al. first identified DNA sequences corresponding to human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) in AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma biopsies. It is now believed that presence of HHV-8 is necessary but not sufficient to cause KS. Oth...

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Autores principales: Wani, Gh Mohiuddin, Ahmad, Sheikh Manzoor, Qayoom, Seema, Khursheed, Bilquees, Khan, A.R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Islamic Medical Association of North America 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864989
http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/44-1-9317
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author Wani, Gh Mohiuddin
Ahmad, Sheikh Manzoor
Qayoom, Seema
Khursheed, Bilquees
Khan, A.R.
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Ahmad, Sheikh Manzoor
Qayoom, Seema
Khursheed, Bilquees
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description Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) was first described in 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. In 1994, Chang et al. first identified DNA sequences corresponding to human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) in AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma biopsies. It is now believed that presence of HHV-8 is necessary but not sufficient to cause KS. Other factors like immunosuppressive therapy also play a role. We describe an HIV-negative elderly patient who developed KS of skin and mucous membrane after prolonged use of corticosteroids for knee pain. The patient was positive for HHV-8.
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spelling pubmed-37086322013-07-17 Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient Wani, Gh Mohiuddin Ahmad, Sheikh Manzoor Qayoom, Seema Khursheed, Bilquees Khan, A.R. J IMA Case Report Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) was first described in 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. In 1994, Chang et al. first identified DNA sequences corresponding to human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) in AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma biopsies. It is now believed that presence of HHV-8 is necessary but not sufficient to cause KS. Other factors like immunosuppressive therapy also play a role. We describe an HIV-negative elderly patient who developed KS of skin and mucous membrane after prolonged use of corticosteroids for knee pain. The patient was positive for HHV-8. Islamic Medical Association of North America 2012-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3708632/ /pubmed/23864989 http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/44-1-9317 Text en © 2012 by the authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Wani, Gh Mohiuddin
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Khan, A.R.
Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient
title Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient
title_full Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient
title_fullStr Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient
title_full_unstemmed Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient
title_short Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient
title_sort corticosteroid induced, hhv-8 positive kaposi’s sarcoma in a non-hiv elderly patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864989
http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/44-1-9317
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