Disseminated cutaneous and visceral Kaposi sarcoma in a woman with rheumatoid arthritis receiving leflunomide

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1065-1068

  Lee, Sang Yeob ^a   Jo, Yong Min ^a   Chung, Won Tae ^a   Kim, Sung Hyun ^a   Kim, Seung Young ^b   Roh, Mee Sook ^a   Lee, Sung Won ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Rheuma Sowha Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Kaposi sarcoma; Leflunomide; Paclitaxel; Rheumatoid arthritis; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEFLUNOMIDE; PACLITAXEL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED CUTANEOUS KAPOSI SARCOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VISCERAL KAPOSI SARCOMA;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 84862558697     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1354-0     Document Type: Article

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