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Kaposi sarcoma with upper airway obstruction and bilateral chylothoraces
Ben J Marais1, Jacques Pienaar, Robert P Gie
1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa. bjmarias@sun.ac.za
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|October 29, 2003
Abstract:
A 3-year-old boy infected with HIV presented with progressive dyspnea and upper airway obstruction necessitating airway stenting. Chest radiography revealed bilateral alveolar opacification and chylothoraces. Post,mortem examination confirmed disseminated Kaposi sarcoma with infiltration of the thoracic duct.