Kaposi sarcoma

A rare vascular tumor that is characterized by human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8)-induced endothelial inflammatory neoplasm that develops with various clinically distinct settings, manifesting mostly as cutaneous lesions, or mucosal or visceral involvement.

Pleural effusion

The presence of an excessive amount of fluid in the pleural cavity.


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PMID (PMCID)
29660143
 MALE Middle Aged
Disseminated Kaposi sarcoma with epithelioid morphology in an HIV/AIDS patient: A previously unreported variant.
Basra P, Paramo J, Alexis J.
J Cutan Pathol. 2018;45(7):526-529.
We report a 52-year-old Caucasian man with HIV/AIDS and Kaposi sarcoma who presented with dyspnea and pleural effusion.
27655836
 MALE Adult
Diagnosis and Management of a Pancreaticopleural Fistula in a Patient with AIDS and a Large Pleural Effusion.
Blayney MJ, Nguyen A, Aboulafia DM.
J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2016;15(6):459-462.
However, in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), pleural effusions often result from opportunistic infections and AIDS-defining malignancies, such as Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
25194411
 MALE Middle Aged
Bloody pleural effusion and ascites associated with Kaposi sarcoma in a kidney transplant patient.
Moghaddasi S, Nouri-Majelan N, Masoumi Dehshiri R.
Iran J Kidney Dis. 2014;8(5):424-6.
Bloody pleural effusion and ascites associated with Kaposi sarcoma in a kidney transplant patient.
20607096
(2895884)
 OTHER
Clinical history of HIV infection may be misleading in cytopathology.
Pantanowitz L, Kuperman M, Goulart RA.
Cytojournal. 2010;7:7.
Case 3 involved the cytologic evaluation of pleural fluid from a 47-year-old man with Kaposi sarcoma and recurrent chylous pleural effusions.
19075546
 MALE
HHV-8/KSHV-negative and CD20-positive primary effusion lymphoma successfully treated by pleural drainage followed by chemotherapy containing rituximab.
Terasaki Y, Okumura H, Saito K, Sato Y, Yoshino T, Ichinohasama R, Ishida Y.
Intern Med. 2008;47(24):2175-8.
The present patient was diagnosed as having human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8)/Kaposi sarcoma herpes virus (KSHV)-negative and CD20-positive primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) of the right-sided pleural effusion.
17885071
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Imaging features of pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma-associated immune reconstitution syndrome.
Godoy MC, Rouse H, Brown JA, Phillips P, Forrest DM, Muller NL.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007;189(4):956-65.
The radiographic findings of Kaposi sarcoma-associated immune reconstitution syndrome included reticular and reticulonodular opacities (n = 4), areas of consolidation (n = 3), septal lines (n = 3), and pleural effusion (n = 3).