PMID: 9177825Dec 1, 1996Paper

AIDS--associated Kaposi's sarcoma: a rare entity at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology
S K BhoopatC Pruksachatkunakorn

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma [KS] is rare in Asian countries. Since the AIDS epidemic, KS has become the most common AIDS-related cancer reported in the international literature. Up to March 1996, 4 cases of AIDS-associated KS were histologically documented at the registry at the Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai University Hospital, comprising 2 adult and 2 pediatric male patients. Routes of HIV exposure included intravenous injection and heterosexual contact in adult cases, and perinatal transmission and blood transfusion in the pediatric ones. KS was present as an AIDS diagnostic condition in one of the adults and in both children. In our institution, KS was second in frequency to malignant lymphoma among AIDS patients. Predomination of non-homosexual transmission of HIV infection in this region was probably a factor associated with the rarity of AIDS-associated KS.

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