title: Multicentric Kaposi's sarcoma in a 5-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-negative renal allograft recipient.
abstract: We describe the clinical and pathologic features of a case of pediatric multicentric Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) associated with allograft transplantation in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative child. A lethal polyadenopathic and visceral KS occurred in a 5-year-old Caribbean boy who had undergone an allogenic renal transplantation for diffuse mesangial sclerosis with end-stage renal failure 4 months previously. The HIV-1 and HIV-2 serologies were negative. Despite its rarity, KS must be considered as a differential diagnosis in posttransplantation polyadenopathic or multisystemic syndromes in children.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fournet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peuchmaur
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eckart
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gagnadoux
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Niaudet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brousse
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies