Kaposi's sarcoma in a steroid-treated antisynthethase antibody syndrome patient

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignant vascular tumor widely known as a complication of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) but also related to immunosupression in renal transplants, and less frequently, to other diseases. We describe a case of KS in a patient affected by anti-synthetase sy...

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Published in:	Reumatologia clinica Vol. 9; no. 4; p. 243
Main Authors:	Bragado, Laura, Ruiz Gutiérrez, Lucía, Cuende, Eduardo, López González, José Luis
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English Spanish
Published:	Spain 01-07-2013
Subjects:	Aged Glucocorticoids - adverse effects Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use Humans Male Myositis - drug therapy Prednisone - adverse effects Prednisone - therapeutic use Sarcoma, Kaposi - chemically induced Corticoides Corticosteroids Síndrome antisintetasa Anti-synthetase syndrome Sarcoma de Kaposi Kaposi's sarcoma
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Summary:	Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignant vascular tumor widely known as a complication of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) but also related to immunosupression in renal transplants, and less frequently, to other diseases. We describe a case of KS in a patient affected by anti-synthetase syndrome treated with steroids.
ISSN:	1885-1398
DOI:	10.1016/j.reuma.2012.07.002