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[Primary lung Kaposi sarcoma associated to AIDS in a heterosexual drug addict man]

Medicina (B Aires). 1996;56(4):397-402. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97284270
Troncoso AR; Carranza CM; Romani AH; Patini SE; Berasaluce G; Canataro PA; Masini R; Macias JR; Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Francisco J. Muniz, Buenos Aires,; argentina.

Abstract: A case of lung Kaposi sarcoma (KS) in the absence of cutaneomucosal lesions was observed in a 30-year-old heterosexual male with AIDS and a history of intravenous drug addiction. Both chest X-ray and CT scanning disclosed a diffuse nodular pattern in lungs, whereas endoscopy failed to demonstrate endobronchial damage. Cytological examination of the sample taken by transthoracic lung puncture proved compatible with primary KS, a rare neoplasia in heterosexual male drug addicts with AIDS. A year following the diagnosis of KS, the patient died of respiratory failure.
Keywords: *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS *Lung Neoplasms/DIAGNOSIS *Sarcoma, Kaposi's/DIAGNOSIS *Substance Dependence/COMPLICATIONSKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/complicationsKWDlungneoplasms/diagnosisKWDsarcoma,kaposi's/diagnosisKWDsubstancedependence/complications
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