title: Treatment of Disseminated Classic Type of Kaposi's Sarcoma with Paclitaxel.
abstract: Classic Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a rare human herpes virus 8-associated angioproliferative disease, and the disseminated classic type of KS in Korea is even rarer. The treatment options for classic KS vary and range from surgical excision to ionizing irradiation or chemotherapy. Recently, there have been a few reports of treating classic KS with paclitaxel, which has been used to treat AIDS-associated KS and post-transplant KS. We herein report a case of disseminated classic type KS in a 78-year-old Korean male patient who showed dramatic response after only two cycles of paclitaxel treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Soo Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyo Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Jeung Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee