Kaposi's sarcoma in a child after autologous bone marrow transplantation for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Cancer. 1991 Sep 15;68(6):1361-4. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19910915)68:6<1361::aid-cncr2820680629>3.0.co;2-c.

Abstract

A case of Kaposi's sarcoma in a child with no serologic evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is reported. A 7-year-old boy with Stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, after conventional chemotherapy, underwent autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). Five months later he presented with supraclavicular mass and mediastinal enlargement. A bone marrow biopsy showed hypoplasia with no signs of the underlying disease, whereas the excised mass revealed a typical histologic pattern of Kaposi's sarcoma. The child is currently being treated with recombinant alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) and regression of the disease has been achieved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Clavicle
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / surgery*
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / etiology*
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / pathology