title: Kaposi's sarcoma in Sudanese renal transplant recipients: a report from a single center.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in Sudanese renal transplant recipients is not known.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively assessed the prevalence of KS in 30 Sudanese renal transplant recipients followed for 16 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four patients (13.3%) developed KS within 4-36 months after transplantation. All patients were HIV negative.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of KS in Sudanese renal transplant recipients is very high, supporting the theory of racial or geographic factors in its genesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. sabeel01@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Abdalla I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sabeel
authors.forename: Wajeh Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Qunibi
authors.forename: Osman A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Alfurayh
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al-Meshari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology