DISSEMINATED KAPOSI SARCOMA IN A LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT WITH PULMONARY, PLEURAL, AND CUTANEOUS INVOLVEMENT

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Despite an overall increase in survival over the last 40 years, lung transplant recipients continue to experience high rates of complications such as rejection, opportunistic infections, and malignancies. The most common malignancies affecting lung transplant recipients are post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders and skin cancers. Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) has been reported in up to 6% of renal transplant patients, but remains extremely rare in pulmonary transplantation. Herein we report a unique case of aggressive symptomatic allograft involvement by KS in a bilateral lung transplant recipient.