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ArticleThe Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology2019

Kaposi Sarcoma as a Cutaneous Vasculitis Mimic: Diagnosis and Treatment.

Sabeen Yaqub, Shelly A Stepenaskie, Fatemeh Jafari Farshami, Wilmer L Sibbitt, Monthida Fangtham, N Suzanne Emil, Arthur D Bankhurst

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Article in The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sabeen YaqubDrs. Yaqub, Farshami, Sibbitt, Fangtham, Emil, and Bankhurst are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Shelly A StepenaskieDrs. Yaqub, Farshami, Sibbitt, Fangtham, Emil, and Bankhurst are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Fatemeh Jafari FarshamiDrs. Yaqub, Farshami, Sibbitt, Fangtham, Emil, and Bankhurst are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Wilmer L SibbittDrs. Yaqub, Farshami, Sibbitt, Fangtham, Emil, and Bankhurst are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Monthida FangthamDrs. Yaqub, Farshami, Sibbitt, Fangtham, Emil, and Bankhurst are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
N Suzanne EmilDrs. Yaqub, Farshami, Sibbitt, Fangtham, Emil, and Bankhurst are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Arthur D BankhurstDrs. Yaqub, Farshami, Sibbitt, Fangtham, Emil, and Bankhurst are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, and School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
University of New Mexico · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Painful, palpable purpura usually indicate underlying vasculitis. We report a case of systemic vasculitis treated with immunosuppression that developed painful, vasculitis-like purpuric lesions that progressed rapidly to fulminant Kaposi sarcoma (KS). These purpuric, tumorous lesions resolved completely following the suspension of immunosuppression; however, without immunosuppression, the underlying autoimmunity recurred. This case highlights the potential for early KS to present as a vasculitis mimic or pseudovasculitis that clinicians should keep in mind when purpuric, vasculitis-like lesions develop in an immunosuppressed patient with vasculitis. It is important to recognize these pseudovasculitis lesions as KS rather than recurrent vasculitis so that immunosuppression can be withdrawn.

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ImmunosuppressionKaposi sarcomapurpuravasculitis

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PMID32038753
PMCPMC6937164
OpenAlexW3008665679

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