Simultaneous occurrence of kaposi’s sarcoma and anaplastic t lymphoma in non-aids patient: New association or likely coincidence
International Journal of Development Research
Simultaneous occurrence of kaposi’s sarcoma and anaplastic t lymphoma in non-aids patient: New association or likely coincidence
Received 22nd September, 2018; Received in revised form 14th October, 2018; Accepted 09th November, 2018; Published online 26th December, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Hanaa Bencharef et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: the association of Kaposi’s sarcoma and lymphoma is rarely encountered, although the involvement of HHV8 in several lymphoid pathologies is known. Case presentation: we report a case of a 78-year-old man with Kaposi’s sarcoma confirmed by cutaneous biopsy associated with anaplastic T large cell lymphoma on lymph node. Patient received chemotherapy according to the R-CHOP protocol with a good improvement. Conclusions: the concomitant existence of kaposi’s sarcoma and lymphoproliferative disorders in Non-AIDS patients remains rare, it has been reported and appears mostly developed on the same lymph node, our case is unique because it’s the first case reporting association between kaposi’s sarcoma limited on the skin and anaplastic T large cell lymphoma, this association supposed different ethiopathogenic mechanisms of the both neoplasmas suggesting coincidental occurrence.
