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Oral Cavity Kaposi Sarcoma

MedGen UID:
1761543
•Concept ID:
C2109263
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

Kaposi sarcoma arising from the oral cavity. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOral Cavity Kaposi Sarcoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Kaposi sarcoma: review and medical management update.
Fatahzadeh M
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2012 Jan;113(1):2-16. Epub 2011 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.05.011. PMID: 22677687
Oral and dental care and treatment protocols for the management of HIV-infected patients.
Shirlaw PJ, Chikte U, MacPhail L, Schmidt-Westhausen A, Croser D, Reichart P
Oral Dis 2002;8 Suppl 2:136-43. doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2002.00025.x. PMID: 12164647
Management of oral Kaposi's sarcoma and a proposal for clinical staging.
Epstein JB
Oral Dis 1997 May;3 Suppl 1:S124-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1997.tb00342.x. PMID: 9456673

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hematologic cancers in individuals infected by HIV.
Carbone A, Vaccher E, Gloghini A
Blood 2022 Feb 17;139(7):995-1012. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020005469. PMID: 34469512
Oral Kaposi Sarcoma.
Sanchez IM, DiTommaso LE, Tsoukas MM
JAMA Dermatol 2019 Mar 1;155(3):370. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.4079. PMID: 30601874
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Oral Kaposi's sarcoma: a review and update.
Fatahzadeh M, Schwartz RA
Int J Dermatol 2013 Jun;52(6):666-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05758.x. PMID: 23679875
Kaposi sarcoma: review and medical management update.
Fatahzadeh M
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2012 Jan;113(1):2-16. Epub 2011 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.05.011. PMID: 22677687

Diagnosis

Pigmented Lesions.
Ko E, Panchal N
Dermatol Clin 2020 Oct;38(4):485-494. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2020.05.009. PMID: 32892857
Diseases of the tongue.
Mangold AR, Torgerson RR, Rogers RS 3rd
Clin Dermatol 2016 Jul-Aug;34(4):458-69. Epub 2016 Mar 8 doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.018. PMID: 27343960
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Oral manifestations of HIV disease.
Reznik DA
Top HIV Med 2005 Dec-2006 Jan;13(5):143-8. PMID: 16377852
HIV-associated lesions.
Greenberg MS
Dermatol Clin 1996 Apr;14(2):319-26. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8635(05)70359-4. PMID: 8725587

Therapy

Pigmented Lesions.
Ko E, Panchal N
Dermatol Clin 2020 Oct;38(4):485-494. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2020.05.009. PMID: 32892857
Viral Skin Diseases.
Ramdass P, Mullick S, Farber HF
Prim Care 2015 Dec;42(4):517-67. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2015.08.006. PMID: 26612372
Oral HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma.
Pantanowitz L, Khammissa RA, Lemmer J, Feller L
J Oral Pathol Med 2013 Mar;42(3):201-7. Epub 2012 Jun 5 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2012.01180.x. PMID: 22672182
VEGF antagonists.
Hasan J, Jayson GC
Expert Opin Biol Ther 2001 Jul;1(4):703-18. doi: 10.1517/14712598.1.4.703. PMID: 11727506
Oral Kaposi's sarcoma.
Farman AG, Uys PB
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1975 Feb;39(2):288-96. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(75)90231-5. PMID: 1054455

Prognosis

The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Oral HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma.
Pantanowitz L, Khammissa RA, Lemmer J, Feller L
J Oral Pathol Med 2013 Mar;42(3):201-7. Epub 2012 Jun 5 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2012.01180.x. PMID: 22672182
Kaposi sarcoma: review and medical management update.
Fatahzadeh M
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2012 Jan;113(1):2-16. Epub 2011 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.05.011. PMID: 22677687
HIV-related oral disease.
Greenspan D, Greenspan JS
Lancet 1996 Sep 14;348(9029):729-33. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02308-2. PMID: 8806295
Oral melanoma and other pigmented lesions of the oral cavity.
Eisen D, Voorhees JJ
J Am Acad Dermatol 1991 Apr;24(4):527-37. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(91)70077-f. PMID: 2033125

Clinical prediction guides

Microscopic diversity in oral Kaposi sarcoma.
Bunn BK, Carvalho Mde V, Louw M, Vargas PA, van Heerden WF
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2013 Feb;115(2):241-8. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.11.009. PMID: 23312917
Cutaneous effects of smoking.
Freiman A, Bird G, Metelitsa AI, Barankin B, Lauzon GJ
J Cutan Med Surg 2004 Nov-Dec;8(6):415-23. doi: 10.1007/s10227-005-0020-8. PMID: 15988548
Prognostic significance of HIV-associated oral lesions and their relation to therapy.
Birnbaum W, Hodgson TA, Reichart PA, Sherson W, Nittayananta W, Axell TE
Oral Dis 2002;8 Suppl 2:110-4. doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2002.00021.x. PMID: 12164643
Oral infections and other manifestations of HIV disease.
Patton LL, van der Horst C
Infect Dis Clin North Am 1999 Dec;13(4):879-900. doi: 10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70114-8. PMID: 10579114
Pathogenesis of oral Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV-infection: relevance of endogenous glucocorticoid excess in blood and saliva.
Enwonwu CO
Eur J Cancer B Oral Oncol 1996 Jul;32B(4):271-4. doi: 10.1016/0964-1955(95)00089-5. PMID: 8776425

Recent systematic reviews

Oral manifestations of HIV: Can they be an indicator of disease severity? (A systematic review).
Indrastiti RK, Wardhany II, Soegyanto AI
Oral Dis 2020 Sep;26 Suppl 1:133-136. doi: 10.1111/odi.13394. PMID: 32862546
Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on the prevalence of oral lesions in HIV-positive patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
de Almeida VL, Lima IFP, Ziegelmann PK, Paranhos LR, de Matos FR
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017 Nov;46(11):1497-1504. Epub 2017 Jul 3 doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2017.06.008. PMID: 28684301
Management of oral lesions in HIV-positive patients.
Baccaglini L, Atkinson JC, Patton LL, Glick M, Ficarra G, Peterson DE
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2007 Mar;103 Suppl:S50.e1-23. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.11.002. PMID: 17379155

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