KSHV/HôV8-associated intestinal kaposi's sarcoma in patient with ulcerative colitis receiving immunosuppressive drugs: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-158

  Svrcek, Magali ^a,b,d   Tiret, Emmanuel ^a,b   Bennis, Malika ^a,b   Guyot, Philippe ^c   Fléjou, Jean François ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Cabinet de Gastroenterologie   (France)

^d Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Immunosuppression; Kaposi's sarcoma; KSHV8 HHV8; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; STEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RECTUM TUMOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 64049097965     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e318197217f     Document Type: Article

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