Thoracoscopic biopsy in the diagnosis of pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma.
Thoracoscopic lung biopsy provided diagnostic histologic material with minimal patient discomfort in an HIV-positive man with diffuse pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma. This minimally invasive procedure will have an increasing role in providing a histologic diagnosis in patients with diffuse lung disease.
Hill
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Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal, London, United Kingdom.
Darzi
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Menzies-Gow
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Riordan
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013906:Thoracoscopy