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Published on: September 14, 2010
Iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma in nasal cavity: a case report
Kuang-Hua Chen, Tai-Di Chen, Chiang-Wen Chen
1Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 5 Fu Hsin Street, Kwei San, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. r22068@cgmh.org.tw.
Background:
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an uncommon borderline vascular tumor involving mostly the cutaneous and mucosal sites of the body. Among the four distinctly clinicopathological presentations of KS, the iatrogenic form principally occurs in kidney transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. It rarely occurs in the head and neck region as primary site or in other groups of patients under immunosuppressive therapy.
Case Presentation:
We present of the case of a patient with right nose KS. The patient had history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and was under immunosuppressive therapy.
Conclusion:
Once we keep KS in mind, the definite diagnosis can be made using routine histological examination and immunohistochemical study despite the rarity of the disease in this site.
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