title: Kaposi's sarcoma in a child after autologous bone marrow transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: A case of Kaposi's sarcoma in a child with no serologic evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is reported. A 7-year-old boy with Stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, after conventional chemotherapy, underwent autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). Five months later he presented with supraclavicular mass and mediastinal enlargement. A bone marrow biopsy showed hypoplasia with no signs of the underlying disease, whereas the excised mass revealed a typical histologic pattern of Kaposi's sarcoma. The child is currently being treated with recombinant alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) and regression of the disease has been achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Porta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bongiorno
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gibardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanfranchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paulli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nespoli
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Burgio
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002968:Clavicle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000601:surgery*; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology