Kaposi's sarcoma in renal transplant recipients. 2005

Sławomir C Zmonarski, and Maria Boratyńska, and Anna Puziewicz-Zmonarska, and Krzysztof Kazimierczak, and Marian Klinger
Departament of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Poland. klinef@am.centrum.pl

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a spindle-shaped vascular cell tumor that occurs in the skin, lymphoid, respiratory and gastrointestinal tissues. It may resemble aggressive malignant neoplasm in HIV-related or in post-transplant types but classic form may behave as benign, potentially controllable and reversible hyperplasia. KS lesions from the onset are dispersed and multicentric. KS probability increases in solid organ transplant recipients (approximately 3/1000 patients). KS occurrence is associated with: type and dose of immunosuppression, chronic stimulation by foreign allograft antigens, viral infections (Herpes virus 8), anti rejection and induction therapy, etc. 90% of KS cases appear as dark blue or purplish macular lesions that may form nodular tumors. Histological picture shows networks of spindle shaped cells and vascular spaces surrounded by an endothelial cell layer. There is no uniform schema of KS treatment in renal transplant recipients. Immunosuppression must be reduced to the lowest levels which preserve allograft function. CsA should be converted to mofetil mycophenolate or mTOR-inhibitors. After conversion to MMF regression of KS was observed, although low therapeutic MMF doses seem to be appropriate. Sirolimus seems to inhibit the growth of established vascularized tumors and this effect is best realized with relatively low immunosuppressive doses of drug.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012514 Sarcoma, Kaposi A multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterized by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules, usually on the lower extremities, most often on the toes or feet, and slowly increasing in size and number and spreading to more proximal areas. The tumors have endothelium-lined channels and vascular spaces admixed with variably sized aggregates of spindle-shaped cells, and often remain confined to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, but widespread visceral involvement may occur. Kaposi's sarcoma occurs spontaneously in Jewish and Italian males in Europe and the United States. An aggressive variant in young children is endemic in some areas of Africa. A third form occurs in about 0.04% of kidney transplant patients. There is also a high incidence in AIDS patients. (From Dorland, 27th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, pp2105-7) HHV-8 is the suspected cause. Kaposi Sarcoma,Kaposi's Sarcoma,Multiple Idiopathic Pigmented Hemangiosarcoma,Kaposis Sarcoma,Sarcoma, Kaposi's
D015994 Incidence The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time. Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates
D016030 Kidney Transplantation The transference of a kidney from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Kidney,Renal Transplantation,Transplantation, Kidney,Transplantation, Renal,Kidney Grafting,Kidney Transplantations,Renal Transplantations,Transplantations, Kidney,Transplantations, Renal
D019288 Herpesvirus 8, Human A species in the genus RHADINOVIRUS, subfamily GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE, isolated from patients with AIDS-related and "classical" Kaposi sarcoma. Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated,KSHV,Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus,HHV-8,Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated,Human Herpesvirus 8,Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus,Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma Associated,Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated,Herpesvirus, Kaposis Sarcoma-Associated,Herpesviruses, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated,Kaposi Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus,Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus,Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesviruses,Kaposis Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus,Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus, Kaposi,Sarcoma-Associated Herpesviruses, Kaposi's

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