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Transplant-Related Kaposi Sarcoma

MedGen UID:
277832
•Concept ID:
C1336812
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Transplant-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma

Definition

A Kaposi sarcoma that arises in a patient with a history of organ transplantation. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTransplant-Related Kaposi Sarcoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Human herpesvirus type 8 genotypes in iatrogenic, classic and AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma from Greece.
Gazouli M, Papaconstantinou I, Zavos G, Metaxa-Mariatou V, Nasioulas G, Boletis J, Arapadoni-Dadioti P, Giaslakiotis K, Zografidis A, Kostakis A
Anticancer Res 2004 May-Jun;24(3a):1597-602. PMID: 15274328

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Malignancy after Solid Organ Transplantation: Comprehensive Imaging Review.
Katabathina VS, Menias CO, Tammisetti VS, Lubner MG, Kielar A, Shaaban A, Mansour J, Surabhi VR, Hara AK
Radiographics 2016 Sep-Oct;36(5):1390-407. doi: 10.1148/rg.2016150175. PMID: 27618321
Malignancies after pediatric kidney transplantation: more than PTLD?
Mynarek M, Hussein K, Kreipe HH, Maecker-Kolhoff B
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Sep;29(9):1517-28. Epub 2013 Sep 24 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2622-5. PMID: 24061645
Transmission of human herpesvirus 8: an update.
Pica F, Volpi A
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2007 Apr;20(2):152-6. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3280143919. PMID: 17496573
Transplantation-associated malignancies: restriction of human herpes virus 8 to Kaposi's sarcoma.
Cathomas G, Tamm M, McGandy CE, Itin PH, Gudat F, Thiel G, Mihatsch MJ
Transplantation 1997 Jul 15;64(1):175-8. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199707150-00033. PMID: 9233723

Diagnosis

Malignancy after Solid Organ Transplantation: Comprehensive Imaging Review.
Katabathina VS, Menias CO, Tammisetti VS, Lubner MG, Kielar A, Shaaban A, Mansour J, Surabhi VR, Hara AK
Radiographics 2016 Sep-Oct;36(5):1390-407. doi: 10.1148/rg.2016150175. PMID: 27618321
Malignancies after pediatric kidney transplantation: more than PTLD?
Mynarek M, Hussein K, Kreipe HH, Maecker-Kolhoff B
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Sep;29(9):1517-28. Epub 2013 Sep 24 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2622-5. PMID: 24061645
Pulmonary involvement in Kaposi sarcoma: correlation between imaging and pathology.
Gasparetto TD, Marchiori E, Lourenço S, Zanetti G, Vianna AD, Santos AA, Nobre LF
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 14;4:18. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-18. PMID: 19602252Free PMC Article
Transmission of human herpesvirus 8: an update.
Pica F, Volpi A
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2007 Apr;20(2):152-6. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3280143919. PMID: 17496573
Imaging manifestations of Kaposi sarcoma.
Restrepo CS, Martínez S, Lemos JA, Carrillo JA, Lemos DF, Ojeda P, Koshy P
Radiographics 2006 Jul-Aug;26(4):1169-85. doi: 10.1148/rg.264055129. PMID: 16844940

Therapy

Malignancy after Solid Organ Transplantation: Comprehensive Imaging Review.
Katabathina VS, Menias CO, Tammisetti VS, Lubner MG, Kielar A, Shaaban A, Mansour J, Surabhi VR, Hara AK
Radiographics 2016 Sep-Oct;36(5):1390-407. doi: 10.1148/rg.2016150175. PMID: 27618321
Role of HHV-8 and mTOR pathway in post-transplant Kaposi sarcoma staging.
Hernández-Sierra A, Rovira J, Petit A, Moya-Rull D, Mazuecos MA, Sánchez-Fructuoso AI, Errasti P, Idoate MÁ, Cruzado JM, Vidal A, Diekmann F, Oppenheimer F, Campistol JM, Revuelta I
Transpl Int 2016 Sep;29(9):1008-16. Epub 2016 Jul 7 doi: 10.1111/tri.12800. PMID: 27208691
Malignancies after pediatric kidney transplantation: more than PTLD?
Mynarek M, Hussein K, Kreipe HH, Maecker-Kolhoff B
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Sep;29(9):1517-28. Epub 2013 Sep 24 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2622-5. PMID: 24061645
Symptomatic pulmonary allograft Kaposi's sarcoma in two lung transplant recipients.
Sathy SJ, Martinu T, Youens K, Lawrence CM, Howell DN, Palmer SM, Steele MP
Am J Transplant 2008 Sep;8(9):1951-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02345.x. PMID: 18786235
Complete regression of visceral Kaposi's sarcoma after conversion to sirolimus.
Mohsin N, Budruddin M, Pakkyara A, Darweesh A, Nayyer M, Amitabh J, Daar AS
Exp Clin Transplant 2005 Dec;3(2):366-9. PMID: 16417445

Prognosis

Symptomatic pulmonary allograft Kaposi's sarcoma in two lung transplant recipients.
Sathy SJ, Martinu T, Youens K, Lawrence CM, Howell DN, Palmer SM, Steele MP
Am J Transplant 2008 Sep;8(9):1951-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02345.x. PMID: 18786235
Imaging manifestations of Kaposi sarcoma.
Restrepo CS, Martínez S, Lemos JA, Carrillo JA, Lemos DF, Ojeda P, Koshy P
Radiographics 2006 Jul-Aug;26(4):1169-85. doi: 10.1148/rg.264055129. PMID: 16844940

Clinical prediction guides

Pulmonary involvement in Kaposi sarcoma: correlation between imaging and pathology.
Gasparetto TD, Marchiori E, Lourenço S, Zanetti G, Vianna AD, Santos AA, Nobre LF
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 14;4:18. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-18. PMID: 19602252Free PMC Article
Human herpesvirus type 8 genotypes in iatrogenic, classic and AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma from Greece.
Gazouli M, Papaconstantinou I, Zavos G, Metaxa-Mariatou V, Nasioulas G, Boletis J, Arapadoni-Dadioti P, Giaslakiotis K, Zografidis A, Kostakis A
Anticancer Res 2004 May-Jun;24(3a):1597-602. PMID: 15274328

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