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  Year: 2000 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 181-182
  Case Report
  CORTICOSTEROID-INDUCED KAPOSI'S SARCOMA IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHOMATOSUS
Konstantinos T. PAPAZISIS, Panajiota BOURA, Periklis FOUKAS, Konstantinos A. DIMITRIADIS
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  We describe a 57-year old patient with SLE who developed Kaposi's sarcoma after the corticosteroid treatment. Discontinuation of corticosteroids was followed by a complete remission of the disease and two attempts to reintroduce corticosteroids resulted in exacerbations of Kaposi's sarcoma, which subsided again when the corticosteroid dosage was significantly reduced. The Kaposi's sarcoma lesions and the patient's peripheral blood were positive for HHV-8. The natural history of the disease indicates a direct relationship between corticosteroid-induced immunosuppression and Kaposi's sarcoma.
  Key words: Kaposi's sarcoma; Corticosteroids; HHV-8
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