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SUBMITTER: Papa V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7092561 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Papa Valerio V Giustiniani Maria Cristina MC Lopetuso Loris Riccardo LR Papa Alfredo A
BMC gastroenterology 20200324 1
<h4>Background</h4>Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a rare vascular tumor associated with human herpesvirus (HHV)-8 infection. One of the variants of KS is defined iatrogenic and is overall reported in transplanted patient but also, although less frequently, in patients treated with long-standing immunosuppressive therapy, such as in inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.<h4>Case presentation</h4>Herein, we report the first case of KS in a human immunodeficiency vir ...[more]