Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient

Kaposi's sarcoma is a multifactorial angioproliferative disorder. The herpes virus 8 human contributes to its pathogenesis, but it is uncertain whether these lesions are only reactive hyperplasia to the virus or neoplasia. Four clinical types are described: classic, endemic, iatrogenic and HIV-...

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Autores principales: Trevisan, Flavia, Cunha, Paulo Rowilson, Pinto, Clovis Antonio Lopes, Alves, Celia Antonia Xavier de Moraes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132104
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author Trevisan, Flavia
Cunha, Paulo Rowilson
Pinto, Clovis Antonio Lopes
Alves, Celia Antonia Xavier de Moraes
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description Kaposi's sarcoma is a multifactorial angioproliferative disorder. The herpes virus 8 human contributes to its pathogenesis, but it is uncertain whether these lesions are only reactive hyperplasia to the virus or neoplasia. Four clinical types are described: classic, endemic, iatrogenic and HIV-associated. Classic Kaposi's sarcoma has no standard staging or treatment protocols. Some studies have shown the use of compression stockings in the treatment of lymphedema associated with Kaposi's sarcoma. We report the case of a 90 year-old patient with classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with compression stockings who showed a satisfactory response.
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spelling pubmed-38759792014-01-08 Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient Trevisan, Flavia Cunha, Paulo Rowilson Pinto, Clovis Antonio Lopes Alves, Celia Antonia Xavier de Moraes An Bras Dermatol Case Report Kaposi's sarcoma is a multifactorial angioproliferative disorder. The herpes virus 8 human contributes to its pathogenesis, but it is uncertain whether these lesions are only reactive hyperplasia to the virus or neoplasia. Four clinical types are described: classic, endemic, iatrogenic and HIV-associated. Classic Kaposi's sarcoma has no standard staging or treatment protocols. Some studies have shown the use of compression stockings in the treatment of lymphedema associated with Kaposi's sarcoma. We report the case of a 90 year-old patient with classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with compression stockings who showed a satisfactory response. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3875979/ /pubmed/24346919 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132104 Text en ©2013 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Trevisan, Flavia
Cunha, Paulo Rowilson
Pinto, Clovis Antonio Lopes
Alves, Celia Antonia Xavier de Moraes
Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient
title Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient
title_full Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient
title_fullStr Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient
title_full_unstemmed Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient
title_short Classic Kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient
title_sort classic kaposi's sarcoma treated with elastic stockings and outpatient follow-up of a 90-year-old patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24346919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132104
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