A case of Kaposi's sarcoma in a child with no serologic evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is reported. A 7-year-old boy with Stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, after conventional chemotherapy, underwent autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). Five months later he presented with supraclavicular mass and mediastinal enlargement. A bone marrow biopsy showed hypoplasia with no signs of the underlying disease, whereas the excised mass revealed a typical histologic pattern of Kaposi's sarcoma. The child is currently being treated with recombinant alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) and regression of the disease has been achieved.
Porta, F., Bongiorno, M., Locatelli, F., Gibardi, A., Lanfranchi, A., Rosso, R., Paulli, M., Nespoli, L., Burgio, G. R., Kaposi's sarcoma in a child after autologous bone marrow transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, <<CANCER>>, 1991; 68 (6): 1361-1364. [doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19910915)68:6<1361::aid-cncr2820680629>3.0.co;2-c] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/270768]
Kaposi's sarcoma in a child after autologous bone marrow transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Locatelli, Franco;
1991
Abstract
A case of Kaposi's sarcoma in a child with no serologic evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is reported. A 7-year-old boy with Stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, after conventional chemotherapy, underwent autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). Five months later he presented with supraclavicular mass and mediastinal enlargement. A bone marrow biopsy showed hypoplasia with no signs of the underlying disease, whereas the excised mass revealed a typical histologic pattern of Kaposi's sarcoma. The child is currently being treated with recombinant alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) and regression of the disease has been achieved.
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