[HHV-8 related diseases]

Presse Med. 1998 Dec:27 Suppl 5:16.
[Article in French]

Abstract

KAPOSI'S DISEASE: HHV-8 sequences have been found in all the epidemiological forms of Kaposi's disease. There is a direct relationship between HHV-8 infection and PBMC and later development of Kaposi's disease. The HHV-8 sequences can be found in spindle cells or endothelial cells in Kaposi lesions. OTHER DISEASES: HHV-8 is also associated with certain lymphomas including body-cavity-based lymphomas and Castleman's disease. It has also been put forward that there is a relationship between HHV-8 and multiple myeloma, epithelial tumors in kidney transplant recipients, angiosarcoma, and angiolymphoid hyperplasia.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Herpesvirus 8, Human*
  • Humans
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / virology*
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum / virology*