Kaposi's disease and sarcoidosis

Eur Respir J. 1996 Feb;9(2):383-5. doi: 10.1183/09031936.96.09020383.

Abstract

A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody-negative 65 year old woman was treated with corticosteroids for 7 yrs because of bilateral uveitis. One year after the beginning of corticosteroid treatment, erythematous skin lesions appeared on the legs. Eight years after the diagnosis of uveitis, gastric and bronchial biopsies revealed noncaseating epithelioid cell granulomas, whilst a cutaneous biopsy showed Kaposi's disease. Sarcoidosis-associated alteration of immune regulation and corticosteroid therapy may have promoted the development of disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • HIV Seronegativity
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / therapy
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / complications*
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases / therapy
  • Uveitis / complications
  • Uveitis / drug therapy
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum / complications*
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum / diagnosis
  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum / therapy

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones