Kaposi's sarcoma with visceral involvement in a young heterosexual male without evidence of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
A case of disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in a 21-yr-old white heterosexual male with cryptogenic cirrhosis and no serological or immunological evidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is reported. The patient died 2 wk after diagnosis. Postmortem examination showed involvement of lymph nodes, liver, spleen, gastrointestinal tract, and bone marrow. This case demonstrates that Kaposi's sarcoma can occur in a young heterosexual male with normal immune function and in the absence of HIV infection.
Kumar
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Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
Schade
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Peel
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Lehar
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Joyce
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Van Thiel
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DH
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000328:Adult; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*