Oral Kaposi's sarcoma in a non-AIDS patient.
Kaposi's sarcoma involving the oral cavity is seen frequently in AIDS patients but rarely in transplant patients. When the oral cavity is involved in transplant patients, it usually is located on the palate or the oropharynx. This article reports a renal transplant patient who developed Kaposi's sarcoma which mimicked a gingival hyperplasia in the oral cavity.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*