title: [Primary lung Kaposi sarcoma associated to AIDS in a heterosexual drug addict man].
abstract: A case of lung Kaposi sarcoma (KS) in the absence of cutaneomucosal lesions was observed in a 30-year-old heterosexual male with AIDS and a history of intravenous drug addiction. Both chest X-ray and CT scanning disclosed a diffuse nodular pattern in lungs, whereas endoscopy failed to demonstrate endobronchial damage. Cytological examination of the sample taken by transthoracic lung puncture proved compatible with primary KS, a rare neoplasia in heterosexual male drug addicts with AIDS. A year following the diagnosis of KS, the patient died of respiratory failure.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas Francisco J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires, argentina.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Troncoso
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Carranza
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Romani
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Patini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berasaluce
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cañataro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masini
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Macias
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*