Журнал инфектологии (Dec 2016)

THE CASE OF KAPOSI’S SARCOMA AMONG ELDERLY WOMEN

  • D. V. Zaslavsky,
  • S. V. Skrek,
  • A. V. Sobolev,
  • A. A. Sidikov,
  • A. A. Yunovidova,
  • P. Wolkenstein,
  • А. V. Truntova,
  • L. R. Сhernova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22625/2072-6732-2016-8-4-88-92
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 4
pp. 88 – 92

Abstract

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The article presents an analysis of a clinical case of a patient of 76 years, describes the key links in the pathogenesis of Kaposi’s sarcoma virus, and the modern concept of participation in the pathogenesis of the disease. A feature of this clinical observation was the development of the disease on the background of the functional immunosuppression, which developed because of old age. Besides the standard protocol of conducting a similar profile of patients therapy led to the development of side effects. In turn, the optimization of the therapeutic protocol has allowed to avoid side effects from the treatment, continue therapy led to complete convalescence.

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