Classic kaposi sarcoma with pulmonary involvement mimicking endobronchial tuberculosis in a child

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-312

  Cakir, Fatma B ^a   Cakir, Erkan ^a   Tuzuner, Nukhet ^b   Kut, Arif ^c  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Sureyyapasa Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

child; endobronchial lesion; Kaposi' sarcoma; pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL PLUS ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN; MEPREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SPINDLE CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84874113512     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22635     Document Type: Article

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