Highlights
Disease progression following anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody Tafasitamab treatment should not preclude subsequent anti-CD19 CART-cell therapy.
Previous studies have demonstrated sequential anti-CD19 to be effective.
Larger studies among R/R DLBCL patients across anti-CD19 modalities are needed to guide sequencing of therapies following initial anti-CD19 therapy.
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is an angioproliferative neoplasm associated with human herpesvirus-8. Gastrointestinal KS has been well documented in immunosuppressed solid organ transplant patients, with only 26 iatrogenic cases published in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. We report a 24-year-old patient with ulcerative colitis, maintained on cyclosporine for 2 years, who presented with watery, nonbloody diarrhea and weight loss. Colonoscopy revealed human herpesvirus-8-positive hemorrhagic nodules throughout the colon and terminal ileum, with diffuse lymphadenopathy on computed tomography consistent with KS. As gastrointestinal KS may present with symptoms that mimic inflammatory bowel disease, it is critical to maintain suspicion in patients on prolonged immunosuppression to reduce complications.
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