Kaposi's sarcoma in a steroid-treated antisynthethase antibody syndrome patient

Laura Bragado; Lucía Ruiz Gutiérrez; Eduardo Cuende; José Luis López González

doi:10.1016/j.reuma.2012.07.002

Kaposi's sarcoma in a steroid-treated antisynthethase antibody syndrome patient

Reumatol Clin. 2013 Jul-Aug;9(4):243-5. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2012.07.002. Epub 2012 Dec 25.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Laura Bragado¹, Lucía Ruiz Gutiérrez, Eduardo Cuende, José Luis López González

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España.

PMID: 23271139
DOI: 10.1016/j.reuma.2012.07.002

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a malignant vascular tumor widely known as a complication of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) but also related to immunosupression in renal transplants, and less frequently, to other diseases. We describe a case of KS in a patient affected by anti-synthetase syndrome treated with steroids.

Keywords: Anti-synthetase syndrome; Corticoides; Corticosteroids; Kaposi's sarcoma; Sarcoma de Kaposi; Síndrome antisintetasa.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Glucocorticoids / adverse effects*
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Myositis / drug therapy*
Prednisone / adverse effects*
Prednisone / therapeutic use
Sarcoma, Kaposi / chemically induced*

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

Antisynthetase syndrome