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Corneal Kaposi Sarcoma

MedGen UID:
83430
•Concept ID:
C0346936
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Corneal Kaposi's Sarcoma; Kaposi sarcoma of cornea; Kaposi's sarcoma of cornea; Kaposi's Sarcoma of Cornea; Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Cornea
SNOMED CT: Kaposi sarcoma of cornea (255115008); Kaposi's sarcoma of cornea (255115008)

Definition

A Kaposi sarcoma arising from the cornea. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCorneal Kaposi Sarcoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinicopathologic Correlation of Kaposi Sarcoma Involving the Ocular Adnexa: Immunophenotyping of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets.
Ulloa-Padilla JP, Ghassibi MP, Dubovy SR, Kerr DA
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2020 Mar/Apr;36(2):185-190. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001506. PMID: 31743287
Ocular problems in HIV and AIDS patients in Nigeria.
Emina MO, Odjimogho SE
Optom Vis Sci 2010 Dec;87(12):979-84. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181fef198. PMID: 21099441
Cytostatic properties of some angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors and of angiotensin II type I receptor antagonists.
Molteni A, Ward WF, Ts'ao CH, Taylor J, Small W Jr, Brizio-Molteni L, Veno PA
Curr Pharm Des 2003;9(9):751-61. doi: 10.2174/1381612033455396. PMID: 12570792
Ocular manifestations of AIDS.
Verma N, Kearney J
P N G Med J 1996 Sep;39(3):196-9. PMID: 9795562
Ocular problems in AIDS.
Kestelyn P
Int Ophthalmol 1990 May;14(3):165-72. doi: 10.1007/BF00158314. PMID: 2188917

Diagnosis

Clinicopathologic Correlation of Kaposi Sarcoma Involving the Ocular Adnexa: Immunophenotyping of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets.
Ulloa-Padilla JP, Ghassibi MP, Dubovy SR, Kerr DA
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2020 Mar/Apr;36(2):185-190. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001506. PMID: 31743287
Intralesional interferon alpha-2b therapy for adnexal Kaposi sarcoma.
Qureshi YA, Karp CL, Dubovy SR
Cornea 2009 Sep;28(8):941-3. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181967338. PMID: 19654515
Anterior segment and external ocular disorders associated with human immunodeficiency virus disease.
Jeng BH, Holland GN, Lowder CY, Deegan WF 3rd, Raizman MB, Meisler DM
Surv Ophthalmol 2007 Jul-Aug;52(4):329-68. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.04.010. PMID: 17574062
Ocular manifestations of AIDS.
Verma N, Kearney J
P N G Med J 1996 Sep;39(3):196-9. PMID: 9795562
Retroviruses: new viral infections in man.
Salahuddin SZ, Markham PD
Pediatr Infect Dis J 1988 May;7(5 Suppl):S107-19. PMID: 2899867

Therapy

Anterior segment and external ocular disorders associated with HIV infections in the era of HAART in Chiang Mai University Hospital, a prospective descriptive cross sectional study.
Singalavanija T, Ausayakhun S, Tangmonkongvoragul C
PLoS One 2018;13(2):e0193161. Epub 2018 Feb 21 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193161. PMID: 29466424Free PMC Article
Case report of ocular Kaposi's sarcoma.
Yang J, Yin XF, Li YP, Zhou SY
BMC Ophthalmol 2017 Aug 14;17(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s12886-017-0525-0. PMID: 28806949Free PMC Article
Intralesional interferon alpha-2b therapy for adnexal Kaposi sarcoma.
Qureshi YA, Karp CL, Dubovy SR
Cornea 2009 Sep;28(8):941-3. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181967338. PMID: 19654515
Anterior segment and external ocular disorders associated with human immunodeficiency virus disease.
Jeng BH, Holland GN, Lowder CY, Deegan WF 3rd, Raizman MB, Meisler DM
Surv Ophthalmol 2007 Jul-Aug;52(4):329-68. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.04.010. PMID: 17574062
Cytostatic properties of some angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors and of angiotensin II type I receptor antagonists.
Molteni A, Ward WF, Ts'ao CH, Taylor J, Small W Jr, Brizio-Molteni L, Veno PA
Curr Pharm Des 2003;9(9):751-61. doi: 10.2174/1381612033455396. PMID: 12570792

Prognosis

Ocular problems in HIV and AIDS patients in Nigeria.
Emina MO, Odjimogho SE
Optom Vis Sci 2010 Dec;87(12):979-84. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181fef198. PMID: 21099441
Anterior segment and external ocular disorders associated with human immunodeficiency virus disease.
Jeng BH, Holland GN, Lowder CY, Deegan WF 3rd, Raizman MB, Meisler DM
Surv Ophthalmol 2007 Jul-Aug;52(4):329-68. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.04.010. PMID: 17574062
Ocular manifestations of AIDS.
Verma N, Kearney J
P N G Med J 1996 Sep;39(3):196-9. PMID: 9795562
Ophthalmic complications of HIV/AIDS.
Ah-Fat FG, Batterbury M
Postgrad Med J 1996 Dec;72(854):725-30. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.72.854.725. PMID: 9015465Free PMC Article
Tumors of the cornea and conjunctiva.
Heffler KF
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 1995 Aug;6(4):32-8. doi: 10.1097/00055735-199508000-00007. PMID: 10172412

Clinical prediction guides

Clinicopathologic Correlation of Kaposi Sarcoma Involving the Ocular Adnexa: Immunophenotyping of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets.
Ulloa-Padilla JP, Ghassibi MP, Dubovy SR, Kerr DA
Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2020 Mar/Apr;36(2):185-190. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001506. PMID: 31743287
The Utility of Colistin in Multiple Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacterial Keratitis in a Kaposi’s Sarcoma Patient.
Barut Selver Ö, Eğrilmez S, Hasanov S, Yılmaz Dağ M, Tunger A
Turk J Ophthalmol 2019 Sep 3;49(4):220-223. doi: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.79999. PMID: 31486610Free PMC Article
Ocular problems in HIV and AIDS patients in Nigeria.
Emina MO, Odjimogho SE
Optom Vis Sci 2010 Dec;87(12):979-84. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181fef198. PMID: 21099441
Solitary eyelid Kaposi sarcoma in an HIV-negative patient.
Dammacco R, Lapenna L, Giancipoli G, Piscitelli D, Sborgia C
Cornea 2006 May;25(4):490-2. doi: 10.1097/01.ico.0000214212.37447.58. PMID: 16670494
Cytostatic properties of some angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors and of angiotensin II type I receptor antagonists.
Molteni A, Ward WF, Ts'ao CH, Taylor J, Small W Jr, Brizio-Molteni L, Veno PA
Curr Pharm Des 2003;9(9):751-61. doi: 10.2174/1381612033455396. PMID: 12570792

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