Kaposi's sarcoma in kidney transplant recipients treated with cyclosporin.
We report the clinical and histological features and the course of Kaposi's sarcoma in three transplant patients treated with cyclosporin. Four months after cyclosporin treatment was stopped the lesions in all three patients had completely healed.
Bencini
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PL
Università degli Studi di Milano, Clinica Dermatologica Ospedale San Paolo, Italy.
Marchesi
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L
Cainelli
T
T
Crosti
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C
D000328:Adult; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology
D003524:Cyclosporins