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Kim, Goo, Lee, Chung, Lee, and Im: Pulmonary Involvement of Kaposi Sarcoma in an AIDS Patient: Radiologic and Pathologic Findings
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Journal of the Korean Radiological Society 2002; 46(1): 37-40.

Published online: 11 March 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2002.46.1.37

Pulmonary Involvement of Kaposi Sarcoma in an AIDS Patient: Radiologic and Pathologic Findings

Seung Ho Kim, Jin Mo Goo, Jun Woo Lee, Myung Jin Chung, Yu Jin Lee, Jung Gi Im

Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and the Institute of Radiation Medicine, SNUMRC, Korea.

jmgooplaza.snu.ac.kr

Copyright © The Korean Radiological Society

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.

Keywords: Lung neoplasms, Lung neoplasms, CT, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Kaposi sarcoma

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