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Disseminated Kaposi’s sarcoma after long-term prednisone therapy |
European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 7, Number 4, 307-10, June 1997, Cas cliniques
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Author(s) : Z. Starzycki, J. Bogdaszewska-Czabanowska, J. Zeman,
K. Szmigiel-Michalak |
Summary : The authors describe the case of iatrogenic, disseminated Kaposi’s sarcoma, in a 63-year-old woman treated for 35 years with prednisone for bronchial asthma. After 26 years of treatment, steroid diabetes mellitus developed. This case supports the view that immunosuppression induced by prednisone may be a risk factor for Kaposi’s sarcoma, probably in genetically susceptible patients. |
Keywords : bronchial asthma, disseminated osteoporosis, iatrogenic Kaposi’s sarcoma, immunosuppression induced by prednisone, steroid diabetes mellitus. |
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