Maladie de Kaposi chez une patiente souffrant d'une immunodéficience acquise VIH négative

A 79-year-old woman of Mediterranean ascent suffered from corticosteroid-dependent chronic obstructive lung disease, hypogammaglobulinemia (IgG 1 ad 2), decreased CD16 natural killer cell function and non-HIV related CD4 and CD8 lymphopenia. Suche immunodeficiency could be either a variant of common variable immunodeficiency or an early stage of the idiopathic CD4+T lymphocytopenia syndrome. She developped bilateral lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma on the lower extremities resembling the clasic European type of the disease. The tumors contained both CD34+ and Factor IIIa+cells