Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids

Perez, E.; Barnadas, M. A.; Garcia-Patos, V.; Pedro, C.; Curell, R.; Sander, C. A.; Kind, P.; de Moragas, J. M. und Alomar, A. (1998): Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids. In: Dermatology, Nr. 3: S. 264-267

Abstract

We report a 69-year-old female with erythroblastopenia and thymoma who developed lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) after thymectomy, 2 months after the initiation of therapy with methylprednisolone. Control of mucocutaneous KS lesions was obtained with radiotherapy, interferon alfa-2b and withdrawal of systemic immunosuppressive therapy. Erosive oral lichen planus appeared later, and after therapy with topical corticosteroids a new lesion of KS developed that regressed after withdrawal of topical corticosteroids. The detection of HHV-8 only in lesional skin supports the hypothesis that this virus can trigger the development of KS lesions.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1018-8665
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• Sprache: Englisch