Succès du traitement par paclitaxel d’une rechute viscérale d’un sarcome de Kaposi après transplantation rénale
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Taieb Ben Abdallah; Meriem Hajji; Mongi Bacha; Amel Harzallah; Hafedh Hedri; Soumaya Chargui; Fathi Ben Hamida; Mondher Ounissi; Ezzeddine Abderrahim
- Source
- Néphrologie & Thérapeutique. 17:132-136
- Subject
- Chemotherapy
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
030232 urology & nephrology
Renal graft
Weekly paclitaxel
medicine.disease
Post transplant
Surgery
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Paclitaxel
chemistry
Nephrology
medicine
Sarcoma
business
Kaposi's sarcoma
Kidney transplantation
- Language
- ISSN
- 1769-7255
We report the observation of a patient who presented with post-transplant Kaposi's sarcoma after a delay of eight months with a dual cutaneous and palatal localisation. The reduction in immunosuppressive treatment and the introduction of Rapamune® allowed good clinical progress initially with regression of the skin lesions. He subsequently presented later a skin relapse with visceral localisation. Chemotherapy was conducted based on weekly paclitaxel infusions allowing partial remission and maintenance of renal graft function with good clinical tolerance.