Abstract

CRUZ ABASCAL, Rafael Enrique; MARTIN POZO, Yordán  and  RAMOS VALDEZ, Johamel. Kaposi's sarcoma and kidney transplantation. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.4, pp. 786-794.  Epub Oct 01, 2021. ISSN 1029-3043.

Kaposi's sarcoma is a malignant neoplasm that affects the skin and can spread to internal organs. One of its four clinical forms is called iatrogenic or associated with immunosuppressive therapies used in transplant recipients. Its occurrence is related to herpesvirus 8. We present a 62-year-old mixed-race male patient with stage 5 chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology and mild secondary arterial hypertension controlled with monotherapy. He received a kidney transplant from a cadaveric donor 18 months earlier with borderline function. During his admission in the context of acute diarrhoea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, a lesion was detected that gave him a progressive painful sensation, which increased in extent over the course of the days. The anatomopathological diagnosis was compatible with the plaque form of Kaposi's sarcoma.

Keywords : sarcoma Kaposi; kidney transplantation.

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