Imaging of Kaposi sarcoma in a transplanted liver: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Saumya Gupta,
Samarjit Singh Ghuman,
T. B. S. Buxi,
Sudarsan Hariprasad,
Sankalp Sethi,
Ajit Yadav,
Anurag Yadav,
Kishan Singh Rawat,
Naimish Mehta,
Seema Rao
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the egyptian journal of radiology and nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2090-4762
pISSN - 0378-603X
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2015.02.007
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoma , lymphoproliferative disease , pathology , immunotherapy , disease , cancer
In post-transplant patients, de novo malignancies such as post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD), lung carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, cutaneous malignancies, and Kaposi sarcoma are now seen. The immunotherapy used to prevent graft failure indirectly increases their risk. We present a rare case of visceral Kaposi sarcoma in a patient with orthotopic liver transplant
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