Simultaneous Association of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Kaposi's Sarcoma in an Immunocompetent Subject: A Case Report and Literature Review

Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) occurs as a pathological entity that may be classified into four different types: classic, endemic, epidemic, and iatrogenic. It can arise among HIV-positive subjects or within immunosuppression, yet exceptionally of tuberculous origin. We describe a new case report of an...

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Autores principales: Baina, Sofia, Achrane, Jihane, Benamor, Jouda, Bourkadi, Jamal Eddine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31781461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5453031
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Sumario:Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) occurs as a pathological entity that may be classified into four different types: classic, endemic, epidemic, and iatrogenic. It can arise among HIV-positive subjects or within immunosuppression, yet exceptionally of tuberculous origin. We describe a new case report of an HIV-negative patient, manifesting Kaposi's disease in the course of tuberculosis, with the aim to assess this uncommon disorder and to outline this rare atypical association.

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