Pulmonary Involvement of Kaposi Sarcoma in an AIDS Patient: Radiologic and Pathologic Findings.
10.3348/jkrs.2002.46.1.37
- Author:
Seung Ho KIM
1
;
Jin Mo GOO
;
Jun Woo LEE
;
Myung Jin CHUNG
;
Yu Jin LEE
;
Jung Gi IM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC. jmgoo plaza.snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung neoplasms;
Lung neoplasms, CT;
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS);
Kaposi sarcoma
- MeSH:
Autopsy;
Humans;
Korea;
Lung Neoplasms;
Sarcoma, Kaposi*
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2002;46(1):37-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Kaposi sarcoma is the most common malignancy in aquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and when disseminated may involve any organ system. Pulmonary involvement of Kaposi sarcoma in AIDS patients has not been previously reported in Korea and we report one such case, confirmed pathologically at autopsy.
