1. Mycosis fungoides and Kaposi’s sarcoma association in an HIV-negative patient
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Maria Carolina Prado Fleury Bariani, Luiz Fernando Fróes Fleury Júnior, Ana Maria Quinteiro Ribeiro, Siderley de Souza Carneiro, and Tiago Arantes Pereira
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Humanherpesvirus 8 ,Mycosis Fungoides ,Neoplasms ,Kaposi’s sarcoma ,Dermatology ,RL1-803 - Abstract
Abstract The association of mycosis fungoides and kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-negative patients is a rare phenomenon. The presence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) – associated with all forms of Kaposi’s sarcoma – has also been recently identified in mycosis fungoides lesions. However, a causal association between HHV-8 and the onset of mycosis fungoides has not been established yet. The present case reports a patient who developed Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions after a two-year UVB phototherapy to treat a mycosis fungoides. Negative immunohistochemistry staining for Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in the initial mycosis fungoides lesions strengthens the absence of a link between Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and mycosis fungoides. Immunosuppression caused by the lymphoma and prolonged phototherapy were probably the contribut ing factors for the onset of Kaposi’s sarcoma.
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- 2016
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