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Kaposi's Sarcoma After Liver Transplantation from a Donor with a History of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt and Craniotomy for Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Report of a Case

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The transplantation of organs from donors who have undergone shunt surgery or craniotomy for a malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumor is controversial. We report a case of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) developing as a result of immunosuppression in the recipient of a liver transplant from a donor who underwent craniotomy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery for primary CNS lymphoma. Polymerase chain reaction assay did not isolate human herpes virus-8 in the Kaposi lesions. To our knowledge, this is the only case ever reported of KS developing after liver transplantation from a donor with lymphoma. Thus, with appropriate screening to exclude possible dissemination, patients with a history of high-grade primary CNS lymphoma treated by ventriculoperitoneal shunt and craniotomy may be accepted as donors.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Inonu University Medical School, Genel Cerrahi AD, Malatya, 44280, Turkey

    Burak Isik, Sezai Yilmaz, Vedat Kirimlioglu, Mehmet Yilmaz, Gokhan Sogutlu & Cengiz Ara

  2. Department of Pathology, Inonu University Medical School, Genel Cerrahi AD, Malatya, 44280, Turkey

    Hale Kirimlioglu

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Daniel Katz

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Isik, B., Yilmaz, S., Kirimlioglu, V. et al. Kaposi's Sarcoma After Liver Transplantation from a Donor with a History of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt and Craniotomy for Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Report of a Case. Surg Today 38, 90–94 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-007-3565-x

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