Kaposi's sarcoma in Sudanese renal transplant recipients: A report from a single center

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 412-416

  Sabeel, Abdalla I ^a   Qunibi, Wajeh Y ^a   Alfurayh, Osman A ^a   Al Meshari, Khalid ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Kaposi's sarcoma; Renal transplant; Sudanese

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CIDOFOVIR; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; IRRADIATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUDAN;

EID: 0038817739     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Digiovanna JJ, Safai B. Kaposi's sarcoma: Retrospective study of 90 cases with special emphasis on the familial occurrence, ethnic background and prevalence of other diseases. Am J Med 1981; 71: 77-83.
2. Safai B, Johnson KG, Myskowski PL, Koziner B, Yang SY, Cunningham-Rundles S, Dupont B. The natural history of Kaposi's sarcoma in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann Intern Med 1985; 103: 744-50.
3. Taylor JF, Templeton AC, Vogel CL. Kaposi's sarcoma in Uganda: A clinico-pathological study. Int J Cancer 1971; 8: 122-35.
4. Ziegler JL. Endemic Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa and local vulcanic soils. Lancet 1993; 342: 1348-51.
5. Odajnyk C, Muggia FM. Treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma: Overview and analysis by clinical setting. J Clin Oncol 1985; 3: 1277-85.
6. Harwood AR, Osoba D, Hofstader SL, Goldstein MB. Kaposi's sarcoma in recipients of renal transplants. Am J Med 1979; 67: 759-65.
7. Qunibi W, Akhtar M, Sheth K, Ginn HE, Al Furayh O, Devol EB, Taher S. Kaposi's sarcoma: The most common tumor after renal transplantation in Saudi Arabia. Am J Med 1988; 84: 225-31.
8. Chang Y, Ziegler J, Wabinga H. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus and Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa. Arc Intern Med 1996; 156: 202-4.
9. Alkan S, Karcher DS, Ortiz A, Khalil S, Akhtar M, Ali MA. Human herpes virus-8/Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus in organ transplant patients with immunosuppression. Br J Haematol 1997; 96: 412-4.
10. Mitsuyasu RT, Groopman JE. Biology and therapy of Kaposi's sarcoma. Semin Oncol 1984; 11: 53-9.
11. Brownstein MH, Shapiro L, Skolnik P. Kaposi's sarcoma in community practice: Letters to the Editor. Arch Dermatol 1973; 107: 137-8.
12. Gotti E, Remuzzi G. Post-transplant Kaposi's sarcoma. J Am Soc Nephrol 1997; 8: 130-7.
13. Hutt MSR. Kaposi's sarcoma. Br Med Bulletin 1984; 40: 355-8.
14. Kestens L, Melbye M, Biggar RJ. Endemic African Kaposi's sarcoma is not associated with immunodeficiency. Int J Cancer 1985; 36: 49-54.
15. Penn I. The changing pattern of post-transplant malignancies. Transplant Proc 1991; 23: 1101-3.
16. Qunibi YW, Barri Y, Alfurayh O, Almeshari K, Khan B, Taher S, Sheth K. Kaposi's sarcoma in renal transplant recipients: A report on 26 cases from a single institution. Transplant Proc 1993; 25: 1402-5.
17. Montagnino G, Bencini PL, Tarantino A, Caputo R, Ponticelli C. Clinical features and course of Kaposi's sarcoma in kidney transplantation patients: Report of 13 cases. Am J Nephrol 1994; 14: 121-6.
18. Doutrelepont JM, De Pauw L, Gruber SA, Dunn DL, Qunibi YW. Renal transplantation exposes patients with previous Kaposi's sarcoma to a high risk of recurrence. Transplantation 1996; 62: 463-6.
19. Al Sulaiman MH, Mousa DH, Dhar JM, Al-Khader AA. Does regressed post-transplantation Kaposi's sarcoma recur following reintroduction of immunosuppression? Am J Nephrol 1992; 12: 384-6.
20. Sabeel A, Qunibi YW. Recurrent Kaposi's sarcoma in a renal transplant recipient on minimum doses of immunosuppression. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1998; 13: 1609-10.
21. Moore PS. The emergence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated Herpes virus (Human Herpesvirus 8). N Engl J Med 2000; 343: 1411-3.
22. Qunibi YW, Al-Furayh O, Almeshari K, Lin SF, Sun R, Heston L, Ross D, Rigsby M, Miller G. Serologic association of human herpesvirus eight with posttransplant Kaposi's sarcoma in Saudi Arabia. Transplantation 1998; 65: 583-5.
23. Antman K, Chang Y. Kaposi's sarcoma. N Engl J Med 2000, 342, 1027-38.
24. Farge D, Lebbe C, Marjanovic Z, Tuppin P, Mouquet C, Peraldi MN, Lang P, Hiesse C, Antoine C, Legendre C. Human herpes virus-8 and other risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma in kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation 1999; 67: 1236-42.
25. Kedes DH, Ganem D. Sensitivity of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus replication to antiviral drugs. J Clin Invest 1997; 99: 2082-6.