[Visceral Kaposi sarcoma associated with a thyroid medullary carcinoma in a child in prolonged remission of lymphoblastic leukaemia (author's transl)].
This report concerns a 12-years-old child, in remission for 8 years from lymphoblastic leukaemia. The course was rapidly fatal. The authors compare this case with those published in the literature of Kaposi sarcoma occuring in transplant patients and discuss the possible mechanisms, in particular the role of immunodepression.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents
Sarcome de Kaposi viscéral associé à un carcinome médullaire thyroïdien chez une enfant en très longue rémission de leucémie lymphoblastique.