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[A case of AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma with systemic invasion].

Department of General Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital.
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases 01/2011; 85(1):54-8.
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT Kaposi's sarocoma (KS) is a well-known complication of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A 23-year-old man with AIDS complicated by multiple KS seen in January 2008 for anorexia and 10 kg weight loss had a CD4 cell count of 7/microL and a serum HIV RNA level of 29,000 copies/mL. Computed tomography (CT) and endoscopy showed multiple KS lesions in both lungs, the duodenum, small intestine, colon, liver, and both kidneys but not of the skin. Despite the administration of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) and highly active antiretroviral therapy, he died in disease progression, unable to complete PLD, KS-related respiratory failure.

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Keywords

10 kg weight loss
 
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
 
active antiretroviral therapy
 
CD4 cell count
 
complete PLD
 
disease progression
 
KS-related respiratory failure
 
multiple KS
 
multiple KS lesions
 
pegylated liposomal doxorubicin
 
PLD
 
serum HIV RNA level
 
small intestine