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ArticleCureus2024

Kaposi Sarcoma Involving Kidney Allografts: A Report of Two Cases From Qatar and Literature Review.

Mostafa Elshirbeny, Khaled Murshed, Ashraf Fawzy, Awais Nauman, Ahmed Hamdi, Mohammed Akhtar, Hassan Al-Malki, Mohamad Alkadi

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Mostafa ElshirbenyNephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Khaled MurshedLaboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Ashraf FawzyNephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Awais NaumanNephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Ahmed HamdiNephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Mohammed AkhtarLaboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Hassan Al-MalkiNephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Mohamad AlkadiNephrology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunosuppression in kidney transplantation elevates the risk of malignancies, particularly immune-driven and virus-related cancers like Kaposi sarcoma (KS). KS typically manifests as single or multiple skin lesions following kidney transplantation but can also affect other organs. Involvement of the kidney allograft by KS is exceptionally rare, with only a few cases documented. In this report, we present all known cases of KS involving kidney allografts in adult transplant recipients in Qatar, accompanied by a brief review of the literature.

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end-stage kidney diseasekaposi sarcomakidney transplantationpost-transplant malignancyrenal involvement

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PMID39559587
PMCPMC11571281

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