title: Thoracoscopic biopsy in the diagnosis of pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darzi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Menzies-Gow
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Riordan
mesh_terms: 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