AIDS--associated Kaposi's sarcoma: a rare entity at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital.
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol
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1996 Dec; 14(2): 115-20
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-36565
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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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Sarcoma de Kaposi
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Pele
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Tailândia
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Incidência
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Adolescente
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Adulto
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de incidência
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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