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[[Image:Kaposi_sarcoma_high_mag.jpg|thumb|Micrograph showing [[Kaposi sarcoma]] a cancer caused by ''HHV-8''. [[H&E stain]]. (WC)]]
[[Image:Kaposi_sarcoma_high_mag.jpg|thumb|Micrograph showing [[Kaposi sarcoma]], a cancer caused by ''HHV-8''. [[H&E stain]]. (WC)]]
'''Human herpesvirus-8''', abbreviated '''HHV-8''', is a [[virus]] that causes [[cancer]].
'''Human herpesvirus-8''', abbreviated '''HHV-8''', is a [[virus]] that causes [[cancer]].



Revision as of 17:44, 12 December 2021

Micrograph showing Kaposi sarcoma, a cancer caused by HHV-8. H&E stain. (WC)

Human herpesvirus-8, abbreviated HHV-8, is a virus that causes cancer.

General

Associated with a number of cancers:

Other:

Microscopic

  • No light microscopic changes.

IHC

  • Usually HHV-8 +ve.

See also

References