Extensive metastatic Kaposi sarcoma in chronic immune suppressed bronchial asthma

Krüssmann, A.; Goerg, R.; Laberke, H.G.; Weidner, F.O.

Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 44(4): 232-234

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470
PMID: 8482604
Document Number: 418863
In a severely ill 64-year-old man with multilocular Kaposi sarcoma HIV infection was excluded. The decisive factor in the pathogenesis, was long-term immunosuppression with systemic corticosteroids for bronchial asthma. The patient died from cardiorespiratory insufficiency in the course of tumour progression. Autopsy revealed a vast visceral manifestation of Kaposi sarcoma.

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