Işık, BurakYılmaz, SezaiKırımlıoğlu, VedatKırımlıoğlu, HaleYılmaz, MehmetSöğütlü, GökhanAra, CengizKatz, Daniel2017-08-092017-08-092008Işık, B. Yılmaz, S. Kırımlıoğlu, V. Kırımlıoğlu, H. Yılmaz, M. Söğütlü, G. Ara, C. Katz, D. (2008). Kaposis 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. Surgery Today. 38; 90-94.https://hdl.handle.net/11616/7504The 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.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDonorKaposi’s sarcomaLymphomaArticle38909410.1007/s00595-007-3565-x