Long-term complete remission of laryngeal Kaposi's sarcoma after palliative radiotherapy.
BACKGROUND
A 43-year-old Caucasian man presented with enlarged right laterocervical lymph nodes, and a 6-month history of diarrhea and 9 kg weight loss. His previous medical history was unremarkable. Physical examination and a cervical CT scan showed several indistinct necrotic right laterocervical lymph nodes of 4 cm maximal diameter, but with no lesions of the respiratory or digestive tracts.


METHODS
Physical examination, cervical CT scan, laterocervical lymph node biopsy, laboratory tests, and endoscopy.


METHODS
Clinical stage 4 AIDS with stage T0 I1 S1 epidemic AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma of the laterocervical lymph nodes and, subsequently, the larynx.


RESULTS
Highly active antiretroviral treatment (stavudine, didanosine, and nelfinavir), tracheotomy, and palliative radiotherapy.
Ares
Carmen
C
Division of Radiation Medicine, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland. carmen.ares@psi.ch
Allal
Abdelkarim S
AS
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010166:Palliative Care; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome