Kaposi's sarcoma after repeated surgical procedures in an immunocompetent patient: The lymphatic hypothesis

Dermatology

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-316

  Kostaki, M ^a,c   Pham, X C ^a   Toutous Trellu, L ^a   Piguet, V ^a   Kaya, G ^a   Fasel, J H D ^b   Stimec, B V ^b   Becker, M ^a   Salomon, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Kaposi's sarcoma; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; IMIQUIMOD; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ADULT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALMAR FASCIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINDLE CELL;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650977199     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321193     Document Type: Article

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