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Kaposi's sarcoma after repeated surgical procedures in an immunocompetent patient: the lymphatic hypothesis
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Kostaki, M.
Pham, Xuan-Cuong
Toutous-Trellu, L.
Piguet, Valérie
Kaya, Gurkan
Fasel, Jean
Stimec, Bojan
Becker, Minerva
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Published in Dermatology. 2010, vol. 221, no. 4, p. 313-316
Abstract A 63-year-old Swiss patient developed acquired nodules on his right palm after 3 localized surgeries, called 'needle fasciotomy', for Dupuytren's disease. Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) was diagnosed in a biopsy of a nodule. A positive immunolabeling and serology for human herpesvirus 8 has been found, but human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C identification remained negative. The nodules were limited to the surgically traumatized area. This first report of a nonimmunocompromised patient developing a KS after repeated surgeries in a unique peculiar localized area with a dense lymphatic network sustains the hypothesis that tissue alterations involving the lymphatic system could play a central role in the occurrence of KS.
Keywords Aminoquinolines/therapeutic use — Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use — Biopsy — Dupuytren Contracture/immunology/*surgery/virology — Herpesvirus 8, Human/drug effects/immunology/isolation & purification — Humans — Immunocompetence/immunology — Lymphatic System/drug effects/immunology/virology — Male — Middle Aged — Sarcoma, Kaposi/*diagnosis/drug therapy/immunology/pathology/virology — Skin Neoplasms/*diagnosis/drug therapy/immunology/virology — Treatment Outcome
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PMID: 21051867
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de physiologie cellulaire et métabolisme
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de neurosciences fondamentales
Research groups Anatomie clinique (134)
Groupe Becker Minerva (imagerie ORL) (683)
Rôle du CD44 (809)
Groupe Desmeules Jules (pharmacologie/toxicologie) (567)
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(ISO format) 		KOSTAKI, M. et al. Kaposi's sarcoma after repeated surgical procedures in an immunocompetent patient: the lymphatic hypothesis. In: Dermatology, 2010, vol. 221, n° 4, p. 313-316. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:21050

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