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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12710/18529
Title: Diagnostic issues of pulmonary lesions in patients with aids related Kaposi sarcoma
Authors: Gincu, Zinaida
Sava, Ruslan
Keywords: Kaposi sarcoma;pulmonary lesions in AIDS
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University Nicolae Testemitanu, Medical Students and Residents Association
Citation: GINCU, Zinaida, SAVA, Ruslan. Diagnostic issues of pulmonary lesions in patients with aids related Kaposi sarcoma. In: MedEspera: the 5th Internat. Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors: abstract book. Chișinău: S. n., 2014, p. 119.
Abstract: Introduction: AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma is the most common presentation of Kaposi sarcoma. Lesions in Kaposi sarcoma may involve the skin, oral mucosa, lymph nodes, and visceral organs. Most patients present with cutaneous disease, although visceral disease may occasionally precede cutaneous manifestations. Pulmonary lesions may be an asymptomatic radiographic finding, as well as associated with respiratory clinical signs. Radiographic findings in patients with Kaposi sarcoma are variable and nonspecific. That could lead to important issues in differential diagnosis with AIDS associated pulmonary abnormalities of other etiologies, in special infections. Purpose and Objectives: To discuss the differential diagnosis difficulties of pulmonary lesions in AIDS related Kaposi sarcoma, based on two cases from our experience. Clinical cases: The first case is 36 years old, HIV positive, man with history of prior cured pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), and actual level of CD4+ of 82 cells/ml. At current admission, he presented multiple diffuse papules on skin, consistent with cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma, and respiratory symptoms associated with bilateral confluent nodular opacities on his chest X ray. The sputum microbiological test for bacterial and fungal flora was negative as well as for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (МВТ). Despite the fact that HRCT images were mostly suggestive for Kaposi sarcoma, the past history of pulmonary ТВ corroborated with low sensitivity of microbiological tests for МВТ in this group of patients, lead to many concerns how to rule out the МВТ etiology of the pulmonary abnormalities. The second case describe a similar situation in a 39 years old, HIV positive patient, with a CD4+ level of 50 cells/ml, without past history of tuberculosis. Despite the negative results o f microbiological tests for МВТ, during the current admission, he was diagnosed with PTB mainly based on clinical a radiological signs. At the same time, the skin lesions in this case were mostly absent, being represented only by two tiny small papules on his thorax, ignored during the physical examination. The case had a fatal course. The necropsy didn’t confirm the PTB, but pulmonary Sarcoma Kaposi was established. Conclusion: Pulmonary lesions in patients with AIDS related Kaposi sarcoma could be challenging and requiring a broad differential work up.
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: MedEspera: The 5th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors, May 14-17, 2014, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
URI: http://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/18529
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