Clinical Effect of Glucocorticoids on Kaposi Sarcoma Related to the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Authors: Parkash S. Gill
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1989)

Brief Reports1 June 1989Clinical Effect of Glucocorticoids on Kaposi Sarcoma Related to the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)Parkash S. Gill, MD, Carmen Loureiro, MD, Marjorie Bernstein-Singer, MD, Mark U. Rarick, MD, Fred Sattler, MD, Alexandra M. Levine, MDParkash S. Gill, MD, Carmen Loureiro, MD, Marjorie Bernstein-Singer, MD, Mark U. Rarick, MD, Fred Sattler, MD, Alexandra M. Levine, MDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-110-11-937 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptKaposi sarcoma occurs in over 20% of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), predominantly among homosexual or bisexual men (1). The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS (2), does not directly cause AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, as shown by the absence of HIV-1 in tissues from Kaposi sarcoma lesions (3). Recent studies suggest, however, that HIV-I may indirectly play a significant role in the development of Kaposi sarcoma (4, 5). Although the exact mechanism of the development of Kaposi sarcoma remains unknown, treatment with corticosteroids has historically been associated with an increased incidence of Kaposi sarcoma in non-HIV—related disease...References1. Update: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome—United States. MMWR. 1986;33:757-60, 765-6. Google Scholar2. PopovicSarngadharanReadGallo MMER. Detection, isolation, and continuous production of cytopathic retrovirusus (HTLV-III) from patients with AIDS and pre-AIDS. Science. 1984;224:497-500. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Delli BoviDontiKnowles PED. Presence of chromosomal abnormalities and lack of AIDS retrovirus DNA sequences in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma. Cancer Res. 1986;46:6333-8. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. NakamuraSalahuddinBiberfeld SSP. 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SchulhaferGrossmanFaginBell EMGK. Steroid-induced Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with pre-AIDS. Am J Med. 1987;82:313-7. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From the University of Southern California School of Medicine and the Los Angeles-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. For current author addresses, see end of text. 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