RT Book, Section
A1 Shinkai, Kanade
A1 Fox, Lindy P.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184190377
T1 Kaposi Sarcoma
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184190377
RD 2024/04/24
AB Human  herpes  virus  8  (HHV-8),  or  Kaposi  sarcoma–associated  herpes  virus,  is  the  cause  of  all  forms  of  Kaposi  sarcoma.  Kaposi  sarcoma  occurs  in  several  forms.  Classic  Kaposi  sarcoma  occurs  in  older  men,  has  a  chronic  clinical  course,  and  is  rarely  fatal.  Endemic  Kaposi  sarcoma  occurs  in  an  often  aggressive  form  in  young  Black  men  of  equatorial  Africa.  Iatrogenic  Kaposi  sarcoma  occurs  in  patients  receiving  immunosuppressive  therapy  and  improves  upon  decreasing  immunosuppression.  Although  antiretroviral  therapy  has  reduced  the  prevalence  of  HIV-related  Kaposi  sarcoma,  Kaposi  sarcoma  continues  to  occur  in  both  well  controlled  HIV  infection  or  AIDS.