Oral-visceral iatrogenic Kaposi sarcoma following treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There have hardly been any reported cases of children presenting with Kaposi sarcoma as a second malignancy following treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia outside a transplant setting.

Case presentation

We report a case of a 5-year-old boy of Bantu origin, which, to our knowledge, could be only the second reported case of oral-visceral Kaposi sarcoma after acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment. The patient presented with a 1-month history of progressive, non-painful, soft tissue oral mass, 1 month after completing treatment for high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He was successfully treated for Kaposi sarcoma on a two-drug regimen (bleomycin and vincristine) with good clinical response.

Conclusion

Visceral Kaposi sarcoma as a second malignancy ma

SUBMITTER: Nyeko R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9635084 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature