Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma presenting as fulminant respiratory failure.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 32-year-old black man, a homosexual patient with a history of lymphadenopathy, presented with diarrhea, weight loss, and a bilateral interstitial infiltrate. Within days after admission, the patient developed dyspnea with rapid progression to respiratory failure and a rapid increase of the infiltrate. An open-lung biopsy showed Kaposi's sarcoma. Treatment with chemotherapy reversed the respiratory failure.
Medical subject headings
- Lung Neoplasms
- Respiratory Insufficiency
- Sarcoma, Kaposi