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. 2017 Jul;32(4):750-752.

doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.124. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

Development of Kaposi sarcoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with human herpesvirus 8 in a renal transplant recipient

Young Jae Park¹, Hyun Jin Bae¹, Ji-Yeun Chang¹, Chul Woo Yang¹, Byung Ha Chung¹

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PMID: 26842102
PMCID: PMC5511928
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2015.124

Review

Development of Kaposi sarcoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with human herpesvirus 8 in a renal transplant recipient

Young Jae Park et al. Korean J Intern Med. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;32(4):750-752.

doi: 10.3904/kjim.2015.124. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

Authors

Young Jae Park¹, Hyun Jin Bae¹, Ji-Yeun Chang¹, Chul Woo Yang¹, Byung Ha Chung¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

PMID: 26842102
PMCID: PMC5511928
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2015.124

No abstract available

Keywords: Herpesvirus 8, human; Kidney transplantation; Sarcoma, Kaposi.

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Figures

Figure 1. — Figure 1.
(A) Multiple nontender dark brown papules on the previous renal transplantation surgical scar, which were proven to be Kaposi sarcoma. (B) Remarkably improved Kaposi sarcoma, 1 month after the conversion of calcineurin inhibitor to sirolimus.

Figure 2. — Figure 2.
Hematoxylin and eosin staining showed active hemophagocytosis (arrow) in the patient’s bone marrow (aspirated specimen, ×1,000).

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