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Kaposi sarcoma

A rare vascular tumor that is characterized by human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8)-induced endothelial inflammatory neoplasm that develops with various clinically distinct settings, manifesting mostly as cutaneous lesions, or mucosal or visceral involvement.

Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia

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PMID (PMCID)
8038237	OTHER
	Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-negative CLL patient as the cause of thrombocytopenia.
	Wijermans PW, van Groningen K, van Royen EA, Bruijn JA. Ann Hematol. 1994;68(6):307-10.
	The development of this tumor was accompanied by progressive thrombocytopenia, due to trapping of the platelets in the Kaposi sarcoma, without signs of consumptive coagulopathy or microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.