Kaposi's sarcoma in cyclosporine-induced gingival hyperplasia.
In the cases presented in this report, Kaposi's sarcoma developed in the gingiva of two patients with cyclosporine-induced gingival hyperplasia. The tumor was clinically inapparent, and was diagnosed unexpectedly following biopsy of the hypertrophied gingiva. This unusual presentation has not been reported previously.
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Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Akhtar
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Ginn
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Smith
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D000328:Adult; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D003524:Cyclosporins