Kaposi Sarcoma in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A challenging Case

• Main Authors: Daniela Macedo (Author), Pedro Miguel Garrido (Author), Isabel Fernandes (Author), Alice Santana (Author), José Guerra (Author), João Borges-Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kaposi sarcoma is a low-grade vascular tumor, associated with human herpesvirus-8 infection. Solid organ transplant recipients have a much higher risk of this malignancy, with estimated incidence rates increased 84 to 500 times. The risk is even higher in some ethnic groups, already with a higher in...