Kaposi's sarcoma of the larynx: an unusual location in an HIV-negative patient (a case report)

Head and neck involvement of Kaposi’s sarcoma is rarely encountered, especially for the Mediterranean classic subtype. Here we report a case of non-AIDS related laryngeal Kaposi’s sarcoma in a 77-year-old Tunisian man complaining of 4-month history of hoarseness and dysphagia. The patient underwent...

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Autores principales: Naimi, Zeineb, Mahjoubi, Khalil, Adouni, Olfa, Abidi, Rim, Driss, Maha, Nasr, Chiraz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505574
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.206.26175
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Sumario:Head and neck involvement of Kaposi’s sarcoma is rarely encountered, especially for the Mediterranean classic subtype. Here we report a case of non-AIDS related laryngeal Kaposi’s sarcoma in a 77-year-old Tunisian man complaining of 4-month history of hoarseness and dysphagia. The patient underwent exclusive local radiotherapy with a prescription dose of 45 Gy delivered in 1.8 Gy daily fractions. He remained complaint-free for 3 months.

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