Pulmonary Kaposi’s sarcoma in a female patient: Case report
- Natacha Calheiros de Lima Petribu
- Mayana Silva Cisneiros
- Glauber Barbosa de Carvalho
- Lucyana de Melo Baptista
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SUMMARY Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric lymphoproliferative malignancy. Most of the time this tumor is confined to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, but it can present with widespread visceral involvement, such as in the lung. Pulmonary KS is the most frequent form in young adult males, in a ratio of 15:1. The disease usually affects individuals with low CD4 lymphocyte counts (<150-200 cells/mm3). We report a case of a female patient aged 35 years, with the presence of skin lesions, self-limiting episodes of diarrhea and weight loss of 15 kg for nearly 9 months, progressing to persistent fever. AIDS was diagnosed and biopsy of the lesions revealed Kaposi’s sarcoma. Computed tomography of the chest showed peribronchovascular thickeni...
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