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  • Title: Clinicopathologic aspects of 8 Kaposi's sarcomas among 1009 renal transplant patients.
    Author: Szende B, Tóth A, Perner F, Nagy K, Takács K.
    Journal: Gen Diagn Pathol; 1997 Dec; 143(4):209-13. PubMed ID: 9489952.
    Abstract:
    In 8 of 1009 patients receiving renal grafts and consecutive immunosuppressive therapy during the last 20 years in Budapest, Hungary, Kaposi's sarcoma developed 6.5 months (average) after transplantation. Of 8 cutaneous cases of this disease, 5 also presented visceral manifestations. Seven patients died. Those with visceral tumors died because of the tumor itself. One patient affected by cutaneous tumor has survived for 5 years post-treatment. The relatively high incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma may be explained by a high infection rate with Herpes virus 8, which was shown to be positive in all three cases investigated.
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