KAPOSIS-SARCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNOSUPPRESSION FOR BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID

Authors
HALPERN SM PARSLEW R CERIO R KIRBY JTD SHARPE GR
Citation
Sm. Halpern et al., KAPOSIS-SARCOMA ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNOSUPPRESSION FOR BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID, British journal of dermatology, 137(1), 1997, pp. 140-143
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
137
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
140 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1997)137:1<140:KAWIFB>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma may occur in transplant recipients on immunosuppressi ve regimens, but is not well recognized in association with treatment for dermatological disease, We report two cases where multifocal Kapos i's sarcoma developed following iatrogenic immunosuppression with pred nisolone and azathioprine for bullous pemphigoid. Both patients were H IV negative and, in one case, lesions regressed both clinically and hi stologically when immunosuppressive therapy was withdrawn.