title: Primary intraosseous Kaposi's sarcoma of the maxilla in AIDS: a case report.
abstract: In China, Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is very rare. However, KS does occur as one of the complications in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Usually AIDS-related KS involves the lymph nodes, the skin and gastrointestinal tract. Intraosseous KS have been reported but it is very rare. We report a case of primary intraosseous KS of the maxilla in an AIDS patient, proven by pathology findings and showed multiple metastasis by positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT). To our knowledge, this is the first report of primary intraosseous KS of the maxilla in an AIDS patient in China.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China;
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Shenzhen Yantian People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518083, China;
authors.forename: Ying-Ying
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Le
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518000, China;
authors.forename: Pu-Xuan
authors.initials: PX
authors.lastname: Lu
keywords: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS); X-ray radiography; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); computed tomography (CT); maxilla