Association of Kaposi's sarcoma with acute myeloblastic leukemia. Apropos of a case
Echard, M.; Krulik, M.; Canuel, C.; Smadja, N.; Brissaud, P.; Debray, J.
La semaine des hopitaux organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris 59(23): 1743-1746
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 6308800 Document Number: 207142
The authors report the case of a 73-year-old woman from Central Europe with acute myeloid leukemia and Kaposi's sarcoma. The two diseases were discovered simultaneously. The inefficacy of leukemia chemotherapy and the widespread cutaneous diffusion of the Kaposi's sarcoma explain the unfavorable outcome. The different pathogenic hypotheses which can account for the association of these two different malignancies are reviewed.