Kaposi sarcoma involving cervical lymph nodes

Maciej Pabiszczak; Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak; Anna Bartochowska

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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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1/2014
vol. 13

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Kaposi sarcoma involving cervical lymph nodes

Maciej Pabiszczak

,

Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak

,

Anna Bartochowska

(Postępy w Chirurgii Głowy i Szyi 2014; 1: 1–4)

Online publish date: 2014/08/08

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A case of 24-year-old patient with a rare Kaposi’s sarcoma was presented. Physical examination revealed enlarged neck lymph nodes. Final diagnosis was conducted in open biopsy of the neck. Further laboratory diagnostics showed a positive test of HHV-8 as well as positive result for HIV. Based on the review of the literature an etiological agent and clinical forms of disease was described. Furthermore a diagnostic procedure and treatment was discussed.

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Kaposi sarcoma involving cervical lymph nodes

Maciej Pabiszczak , Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak , Anna Bartochowska

Kaposi’s sarcoma, cervical lymphadenopathy

Maciej Pabiszczak

,

Elżbieta Waśniewska-Okupniak

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Anna Bartochowska