AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma involving bone and bone marrow

Authors
Teh, BS Lu, HH Lynch, GR Banez, E Kroll, MH
Citation
Bs. Teh et al., AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma involving bone and bone marrow, SOUTH MED J, 92(1), 1999, pp. 61-64
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00384348 → ACNP
Volume
92
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
61 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(199901)92:1<61:AKSIBA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma rarely involves bone or bone marrow. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis of an AIDS patient with lower back pa in and bilateral limb edema revealed multiple lesions involving liver, sple en, and axial skeleton. Bone marrow examination of the involved iliac crest revealed Kaposi's sarcoma, Pathologic diagnosis is important so that appro priate treatment can be prescribed.