KAPOSIS-SARCOMA WITH VISCERAL INVOLVEMENT AFTER INTRAARTICULAR AND EPIDURAL INJECTIONS OF CORTICOSTEROIDS

Kaposi's sarcoma has been reported in patients receiving immunosuppres sive therapy, most of whom are organ transplant recipients. The develo pment of Kaposi's sarcoma after treatment with corticosteroids has bee n reported in only 38 patients who have not had acquired immunodeficie ncy syndrome or undergone organ transplantation. Cutaneous Kaposi's sa rcoma developed 2 months after intraarticular steroid injections in a man with ulnar nerve entrapment. The lesions regressed spontaneously a fter 3 months but reappeared with visceral involvement 18 months later , shortly after initiation of a course of epidural steroid injections for treatment of low back pain. The cutaneous lesions and some viscera l lesions rapidly regressed after cessation of treatment.