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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 1716-1718
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

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Purple-blue subcutaneous nodules after renal transplantation: not always Kaposi sarcoma

(Section Editor: K. Kühn)

David Verhelst1,, Eric Goffin1, Anne-Dominique Bodarwe2, Jacques Gigi3 and Yves Pirson1

Departments of 1 Nephrology, 2 Dermatology and 3 Microbiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Introduction

Skin disorders are prevalent among kidney graft recipients. The development of dark-blue or purplish nodules on the lower limbs evokes a diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma. We report on a patient with this presentation in whom skin biopsy led to a completely different diagnosis.

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A 65-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the transplant clinic with multiple purple-blue, slightly tender, about 0.5 cm diameter, subcutaneous nodules on the left leg. A diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma was suspected. In 1991, she had undergone a successful cadaveric renal transplantation for end-stage renal disease due to nephronophthisis. Maintenance immunosuppression . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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