Multicentric Kaposi's sarcoma in a 5-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-negative renal allograft recipient

Hum Pathol. 1992 Aug;23(8):956-60. doi: 10.1016/0046-8177(92)90412-v.

Abstract

We describe the clinical and pathologic features of a case of pediatric multicentric Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) associated with allograft transplantation in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative child. A lethal polyadenopathic and visceral KS occurred in a 5-year-old Caribbean boy who had undergone an allogenic renal transplantation for diffuse mesangial sclerosis with end-stage renal failure 4 months previously. The HIV-1 and HIV-2 serologies were negative. Despite its rarity, KS must be considered as a differential diagnosis in posttransplantation polyadenopathic or multisystemic syndromes in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy
  • Child, Preschool
  • HIV Antibodies / analysis
  • HIV Seropositivity*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Kidney Transplantation / immunology
  • Kidney Transplantation / pathology
  • Male
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / immunology
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / pathology
  • Transplantation, Homologous

Substances

  • HIV Antibodies