Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casos

Classic Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) affects lower extremities in older adults, showing a progressive, benign course. It can also involve oral mucosa and gastrointestinal tract with a lower frequency. The involvement of internal organs and lymph nodes is rare, and its primary compromise is even more uncomm...

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Autores principales: Mohanna B,Salim, Sánchez L,Juvenal, Ferrufino Ll,Juan Carlos, Bravo P,Francisco, Gotuzzo H,Eduardo
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720070009000112008-05-30Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casosMohanna B,SalimSánchez L,JuvenalFerrufino Ll,Juan CarlosBravo P,FranciscoGotuzzo H,Eduardo Herpesvirus 8, human Lymph nodes Peru Sarcoma, Kaposi Classic Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) affects lower extremities in older adults, showing a progressive, benign course. It can also involve oral mucosa and gastrointestinal tract with a lower frequency. The involvement of internal organs and lymph nodes is rare, and its primary compromise is even more uncommon. We report an unusual presentation of classic KS in the lymph nodes of three patients. A 46 years old male had a primary involvement of an inguinal lymph node. Dermal involvement appeared one year later. A 58years old male and a 76years old female with simultaneous dermal and lymph node involvement. We conclude that the presence of classic KS in our region is more common than previously considered. Moreover, it must be emphasized that KS in lymph nodes can affect HIV-negative patients or patients without any associated immune deficiencyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.9 20072007-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000900011es10.4067/S0034-98872007000900011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Herpesvirus 8, human
Lymph nodes
Peru
Sarcoma, Kaposi
spellingShingle Herpesvirus 8, human
Lymph nodes
Peru
Sarcoma, Kaposi
Mohanna B,Salim
Sánchez L,Juvenal
Ferrufino Ll,Juan Carlos
Bravo P,Francisco
Gotuzzo H,Eduardo
Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casos
description Classic Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) affects lower extremities in older adults, showing a progressive, benign course. It can also involve oral mucosa and gastrointestinal tract with a lower frequency. The involvement of internal organs and lymph nodes is rare, and its primary compromise is even more uncommon. We report an unusual presentation of classic KS in the lymph nodes of three patients. A 46 years old male had a primary involvement of an inguinal lymph node. Dermal involvement appeared one year later. A 58years old male and a 76years old female with simultaneous dermal and lymph node involvement. We conclude that the presence of classic KS in our region is more common than previously considered. Moreover, it must be emphasized that KS in lymph nodes can affect HIV-negative patients or patients without any associated immune deficiency
author Mohanna B,Salim
Sánchez L,Juvenal
Ferrufino Ll,Juan Carlos
Bravo P,Francisco
Gotuzzo H,Eduardo
author_facet Mohanna B,Salim
Sánchez L,Juvenal
Ferrufino Ll,Juan Carlos
Bravo P,Francisco
Gotuzzo H,Eduardo
author_sort Mohanna B,Salim
title Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casos
title_short Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casos
title_full Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casos
title_fullStr Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casos
title_full_unstemmed Sarcoma de Kaposi clásico ganglionar: Comunicación de tres casos
title_sort sarcoma de kaposi clásico ganglionar: comunicación de tres casos
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2007
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000900011
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