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Kaposi’s sarcoma in a child with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Authors :
Gaëlle Chédeville
Christine Bodemer
Fethi Mellouli
Jean Delaunay
Françoise Le Deist
Renan Duprez
Bénédicte Neven
Sylvie Fraitag
Stéphane Blanche
Alain Fischer
Antoine Gessain
Capucine Picard
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Mohamed Bejaoui
Source :
European Journal of Pediatrics. 165
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2006.

Abstract

Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is rare in childhood. It may be favored by acquired immune deficiencies, but the predisposing factors to KS in other children are unclear. KS has been reported in only two children and one adult with primary immunodeficiency. We report here a Tunisian child with a Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome who developed KS at the age of 14 months. This observation expands the spectrum of primary immunodeficiencies associated with KS in childhood.

Details

ISSN :
14321076 and 03406199
Volume :
165
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
European Journal of Pediatrics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5123667c22a05c626d9e0cab3e31ef03
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0107-2