title: Kaposi's sarcoma of the trachea.
abstract: The most common tracheal neoplasms are epidermoid carcinomas, papillomas and cylindromas. Kaposi's sarcoma, confined primarily to the trachea, is one of the rarest tumours. The clinical and histological picture of a case of Kaposi's sarcoma of the trachea in a young, pregnant woman, presenting with severe airway obstruction, is described here. The emergency tracheoscopy dislodged a mass from the trachea, which turned out to be a Kaposi's sarcoma on histology. Although Kaposi's sarcoma is one of the manifestations of AIDS, this patient had neither any underlying immunodeficiency nor any skin, visceral or lymphatic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rajaratnam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*