Extensive pulmonary involvement in Kaposi sarcoma in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus–acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

摘要

A 36-year-old man, HIV-infected for the past eight years, non-adherent to antiretroviral therapy (ART), was admitted to the emergency department with fever, low back pain, asthenia, and dyspnea associated with hyaline-secretive cough. Physical examination showed violaceous lesions on the upper trunk and soft palate. Biopsy confirmed the histopathological diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma (KS). Chest radiography (Figure 1) showed nodular and reticular parenchyma opacities with a predilection for perihilar, middle, and lower fields, more accentuated on the left lung.