Solitary laryngeal Kaposi sarcoma in a kidney transplant patient.

نویسندگان

  • Shahram Taheri
  • Noushin Afsharmoghadam
  • Nezamodin Berjis
  • Ahmadreza Okhovat
چکیده

After the first description of Kaposi sarcoma in 1872, many cases of this tumor were reported worldwide. This tumor is multifocal and laryngeal involvement is considered to be as unusual site. Kaposi sarcoma is almost always are associated with classical skin lesion, and only about 5% of non-acquired immune deficiency syndrome Kaposi sarcomas are reported to be located in the larynx, and they are almost always associated with classical skin lesion. [corrected]. We report a kidney transplant recipient diagnosed with solitary laryngeal Kaposi sarcoma 21 months after transplantation, who was treated with combined surgery, chemotherapy, and immunosuppressive modification.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Iranian journal of kidney diseases

دوره 6 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012