title: Pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma in a human immunodeficiency virus - infected woman: a case report.
abstract: Approximately 90% to 95% of Kaposi sarcoma cases occur in human immunodeficiency virus - infected homosexual and bisexual men. Pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma is uncommon in women, and rarely considered as a potential cause of diffuse lung disease in women with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The disease is usually mistaken clinically for pulmonary infection. A 32-year-old woman was admitted with a 2-month history of dyspnea, evening fever, hemoptysis, weight loss, and generalized adenomegaly. Physical examination showed erythematous macules in the lower limbs. Skin and open lung biopsy demonstrated Kaposi sarcoma. Computerized tomography demonstrated peribronchovascular interstitial thickening. Although uncommon, pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of diffuse lung disease in women with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. edmarchiori@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rafael Ferracini
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Edson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchiori
authors.forename: Tatiana Chinem
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Takayasu
authors.forename: Fernanda Caseira
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Raquel Ribeiro
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: Gláucia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanetti