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Liver Kaposi Sarcoma

MedGen UID:
473527
•Concept ID:
C2064411
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Hepatic Kaposi Sarcoma

Definition

A Kaposi sarcoma that arises from the liver. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLiver Kaposi Sarcoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Solid, non-skin, post-liver transplant tumors: Key role of lifestyle and immunosuppression management.
Carenco C, Faure S, Ursic-Bedoya J, Herrero A, Pageaux GP
World J Gastroenterol 2016 Jan 7;22(1):427-34. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i1.427. PMID: 26755888Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and management of lymphomas and other cancers in HIV-infected patients.
Carbone A, Vaccher E, Gloghini A, Pantanowitz L, Abayomi A, de Paoli P, Franceschi S
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2014 Apr;11(4):223-38. Epub 2014 Mar 11 doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2014.31. PMID: 24614140
Bacillary angiomatosis: microbiology, histopathology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management.
Ramírez Ramírez CR, Saavedra S, Ramírez Ronda CH
Bol Asoc Med P R 1996 Apr-Jun;88(4-6):46-51. PMID: 8916440

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The role of infections in the causation of cancer in Kenya.
Tuei VC, Maiyoh GK, Ndombera FT
Cancer Causes Control 2022 Dec;33(12):1391-1400. Epub 2022 Sep 10 doi: 10.1007/s10552-022-01625-3. PMID: 36087193
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Malignancies in HIV/AIDS: from epidemiology to therapeutic challenges.
Rubinstein PG, Aboulafia DM, Zloza A
AIDS 2014 Feb 20;28(4):453-65. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000071. PMID: 24401642Free PMC Article
Spectrum of cancer risk among US solid organ transplant recipients.
Engels EA, Pfeiffer RM, Fraumeni JF Jr, Kasiske BL, Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Wolfe RA, Goodrich NP, Bayakly AR, Clarke CA, Copeland G, Finch JL, Fleissner ML, Goodman MT, Kahn A, Koch L, Lynch CF, Madeleine MM, Pawlish K, Rao C, Williams MA, Castenson D, Curry M, Parsons R, Fant G, Lin M
JAMA 2011 Nov 2;306(17):1891-901. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1592. PMID: 22045767Free PMC Article
The liver in AIDS.
Lefkowitch JH
Semin Liver Dis 1997;17(4):335-44. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1007210. PMID: 9408969

Diagnosis

S1 Guidelines for the Kaposi Sarcoma.
Esser S, Schöfer H, Hoffmann C, Claßen J, Kreuter A, Leiter U, Oette M, Becker JC, Ziemer M, Mosthaf F, Sirokay J, Ugurel S, Potthoff A, Helbig D, Bierhoff E, Schulz TF, Brockmeyer NH, Grabbe S
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2022 Jun;20(6):892-904. Epub 2022 Jun 3 doi: 10.1111/ddg.14788. PMID: 35657085
Current Status of Malignant Tumors after Organ Transplantation.
Shen B, Cen Z, Tan M, Song C, Wu X, Wang J, Huang M
Biomed Res Int 2022;2022:5852451. Epub 2022 Feb 18 doi: 10.1155/2022/5852451. PMID: 35224096Free PMC Article
Evolving epidemiology of HIV-associated malignancies.
Shiels MS, Engels EA
Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2017 Jan;12(1):6-11. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000327. PMID: 27749369Free PMC Article
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
The liver in AIDS.
Lefkowitch JH
Semin Liver Dis 1997;17(4):335-44. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1007210. PMID: 9408969

Therapy

Kaposi sarcoma in three pediatric liver transplantation recipients.
Cordeiro C, Ferreira S, Nobre S, Cunha C, Julião MJ, Brito M, Gonçalves I
Pediatr Transplant 2023 May;27(3):e14469. Epub 2023 Jan 8 doi: 10.1111/petr.14469. PMID: 36617693
Current Status of Malignant Tumors after Organ Transplantation.
Shen B, Cen Z, Tan M, Song C, Wu X, Wang J, Huang M
Biomed Res Int 2022;2022:5852451. Epub 2022 Feb 18 doi: 10.1155/2022/5852451. PMID: 35224096Free PMC Article
Fatal donor-derived Kaposi sarcoma following liver transplantation.
Copeland MMM, Trainor J, Cash WJ, Braniff C
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jun 22;14(6) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236061. PMID: 34158319Free PMC Article
Kaposi sarcoma of the ureter after liver transplant: case report and literature review.
Chen Y, Zhao L, Qiu SP, He XS
Exp Clin Transplant 2012 Feb;10(1):70-2. doi: 10.6002/ect.2011.0030. PMID: 22309424
Spectrum of cancer risk among US solid organ transplant recipients.
Engels EA, Pfeiffer RM, Fraumeni JF Jr, Kasiske BL, Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Wolfe RA, Goodrich NP, Bayakly AR, Clarke CA, Copeland G, Finch JL, Fleissner ML, Goodman MT, Kahn A, Koch L, Lynch CF, Madeleine MM, Pawlish K, Rao C, Williams MA, Castenson D, Curry M, Parsons R, Fant G, Lin M
JAMA 2011 Nov 2;306(17):1891-901. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1592. PMID: 22045767Free PMC Article

Prognosis

S1 Guidelines for the Kaposi Sarcoma.
Esser S, Schöfer H, Hoffmann C, Claßen J, Kreuter A, Leiter U, Oette M, Becker JC, Ziemer M, Mosthaf F, Sirokay J, Ugurel S, Potthoff A, Helbig D, Bierhoff E, Schulz TF, Brockmeyer NH, Grabbe S
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2022 Jun;20(6):892-904. Epub 2022 Jun 3 doi: 10.1111/ddg.14788. PMID: 35657085
Evolving epidemiology of HIV-associated malignancies.
Shiels MS, Engels EA
Curr Opin HIV AIDS 2017 Jan;12(1):6-11. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000327. PMID: 27749369Free PMC Article
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Malignancies in HIV/AIDS: from epidemiology to therapeutic challenges.
Rubinstein PG, Aboulafia DM, Zloza A
AIDS 2014 Feb 20;28(4):453-65. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000071. PMID: 24401642Free PMC Article
Spectrum of cancer risk among US solid organ transplant recipients.
Engels EA, Pfeiffer RM, Fraumeni JF Jr, Kasiske BL, Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Wolfe RA, Goodrich NP, Bayakly AR, Clarke CA, Copeland G, Finch JL, Fleissner ML, Goodman MT, Kahn A, Koch L, Lynch CF, Madeleine MM, Pawlish K, Rao C, Williams MA, Castenson D, Curry M, Parsons R, Fant G, Lin M
JAMA 2011 Nov 2;306(17):1891-901. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1592. PMID: 22045767Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Changes in the Incidence of Cancer in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe over a 50-Year Period.
Parkin DM, Chingonzoh T, Vuma S, Liu B, Chokunonga E, Ndlovu N, Borok M
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2021 May;30(5):867-873. Epub 2021 Feb 22 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0669. PMID: 33619023
Epidemiology of Virus Infection and Human Cancer.
Chen CJ, You SL, Hsu WL, Yang HI, Lee MH, Chen HC, Chen YY, Liu J, Hu HH, Lin YJ, Chu YJ, Huang YT, Chiang CJ, Chien YC
Recent Results Cancer Res 2021;217:13-45. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-57362-1_2. PMID: 33200360
Cancer incidence in Northern Uganda (2013-2016).
Okongo F, Ogwang DM, Liu B, Maxwell Parkin D
Int J Cancer 2019 Jun 15;144(12):2985-2991. Epub 2019 Jan 15 doi: 10.1002/ijc.32053. PMID: 30536374
Dermatological Complications After Solid Organ Transplantation.
Naldi L, Venturuzzo A, Invernizzi P
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2018 Feb;54(1):185-212. doi: 10.1007/s12016-017-8657-9. PMID: 29177692
Viral infections and human cancers: the legacy of Denis Burkitt.
Harford JB
Br J Haematol 2012 Mar;156(6):709-18. Epub 2012 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.09017.x. PMID: 22233526

Recent systematic reviews

The use of mTOR inhibitors for the treatment of kaposiform hemangioendothelioma. A systematic review.
Maza-Morales M, Valdés-Loperena S, Durán-McKinster LC, García-Romero MT
Pediatr Dermatol 2023 May-Jun;40(3):440-445. Epub 2023 Jan 30 doi: 10.1111/pde.15262. PMID: 36716766
Primary effusion lymphoma occurring in the setting of transplanted patients: a systematic review of a rare, life-threatening post-transplantation occurrence.
Zanelli M, Sanguedolce F, Zizzo M, Palicelli A, Bassi MC, Santandrea G, Martino G, Soriano A, Caprera C, Corsi M, Ricci S, Ricci L, Ascani S
BMC Cancer 2021 Apr 27;21(1):468. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08215-7. PMID: 33906629Free PMC Article
The association between allergies and cancer: what is currently known?
Merrill RM, Isakson RT, Beck RE
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2007 Aug;99(2):102-16; quiz 117-9, 150. doi: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60632-1. PMID: 17718097

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