Kaposi sarcoma after bilateral lung transplantation.
We describe radiologic findings in 2 patients and 18-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings in 1 patient who developed Kaposi sarcoma of the lung after bilateral lung transplantation. These findings included lung nodules, mediastinal or hilar lymphadenopathy, and pleural fluid.
Martinez
Santiago
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Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. santiago.martinez@duke.edu
McAdams
Holman Page
HP
Youens
Kenneth E
KE
D001706:Biopsy; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18