• J Craniomaxillofac Surg · Jul 2012

    Case Reports

    A rare case of iatrogenic gingival Kaposi's sarcoma.

    • da Silva Luiz Carlos Ferreira LC Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Sergipe, Brazil., Paulo Ricardo Saquete Martins-Filho, Marta Rabello Piva, Nelson Studart Rocha, William Eduardo Nogueira Soares, and Thiago de Santana Santos.
    • Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Sergipe, Brazil.
    • J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2012 Jul 1; 40 (5): 456-8.

    AbstractKaposi's sarcoma is an angioproliferative tumour rarely found in the oral cavity. We present the 3rd case of iatrogenic gingival Kaposi's sarcoma reported in the English-language literature which developed in a young patient 5 years after a renal transplant and discuss their histological features and differential diagnosis.Copyright © 2011 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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