title: Familial Kaposi's sarcoma: case reports and review of the literature.
abstract: We report 4 new families with Kaposi's sarcoma, occurring in 2 members of the same family (2 pairs of brothers, uncle and nephew and father and son) in a series of 160 patients with Kaposi's sarcoma. In addition, HLA typing was also carried out for 6 of the 8 patients. A detailed review of the literature is also presented. The total number of familial cases of Kaposi's sarcoma is low (only 30 cases are described); the great majority of these cases consist of siblings and Italians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cottoni
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Masia
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Masala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulargia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Contu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens