KAPOSIS-SARCOMA DURING IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY FOR ATOPIC-DERMATITIS

We describe an HIV-negative homosexual man who developed Kaposi's sarc oma (KS). He had CD4 lymphocytopenia during azathioprine and topical c orticosteroid therapy for atopic dermatitits (AD). KS was observed aft er only 2 months of immunosuppressive therapy. No regression was obser ved despite discontinuation of immunosuppressive therapy and normaliza tion of the CD4+ cell count. This patient appears to be the first case of KS associated with AD. Moreover, as our patient had been sexually inactive for Ii years, this case raises the questions about the latenc y and about the sexual transmission of a navel herpes-like virus (KHSH V) recently detected in all forms of KS.