Immunosuppression in kidney transplantation elevates the risk of malignancies, particularly immune-driven and virus-related cancers like Kaposi sarcoma (KS). KS typically manifests as single or multiple skin lesions following kidney transplantation but can also affect other organs. Involvement of the kidney allograft by KS is exceptionally rare, with only a few cases documented. In this report, we present all known cases of KS involving kidney allografts in adult transplant recipients in Qatar, accompanied by a brief review of the literature.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11571281PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.71573DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

kaposi sarcoma
8
involving kidney
8
kidney allografts
8
report cases
8
kidney transplantation
8
kidney
5
sarcoma involving
4
allografts report
4
cases qatar
4
qatar literature
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!