KAPOSIS-SARCOMA AND SEX-HORMONES - A CASE -REPORT, REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

The authors report one case of AIDS-related-like Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in a 59-year-old bisexual man without HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection. KS d eveloped while the patient was receiving both androgen and steroid the rapy for aplastic anemia, and regressed after their simultaneous inter ruption, despite the persistence of aplastic anemia. The authors discu ss the etiology of KS in the patient, with a special regard to a putat ive role of the androgen therapy. The authors examine the arguments of the literature, probably underestimated, that may suggest a role of s ex hormones in the pathogenesis of KS.