Pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma presenting as complete lung consolidation

Ahmad Alwassia; Ziyad Alshathri; Rahul Khosla; Samuel V Spagnolo

doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-219048

Pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma presenting as complete lung consolidation

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Mar 22:2017:bcr2016219048. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-219048.

Authors

Ahmad Alwassia¹, Ziyad Alshathri¹, Rahul Khosla², Samuel V Spagnolo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary Critical Care, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
² Department of Pulmonary Critical Care, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA.

Abstract

The patient in our case presented with progressive dyspnoea and cough. Chest radiograph reveals complete opacification of the hemithorax. Complete lung consolidation was not seen on chest CT. The patient in this case had extensive pulmonary and endobronchial Kaposi sarcoma (KS) that led to complete consolidation of the right lung that was diagnosed via bronchoscopy. After diagnosis, he was restarted on antiretroviral therapy and single-agent chemotherapy for treatment of pulmonary KS.

2017 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
Bronchoscopy / methods
Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
Dyspnea / etiology
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / blood
Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Pleural Effusion
Sarcoma, Kaposi / blood
Sarcoma, Kaposi / diagnosis*
Sarcoma, Kaposi / diagnostic imaging
Sarcoma, Kaposi / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Doxorubicin