Pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma in six children.
Pediatr Radiol
; 37(12): 1224-9, 2007 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-17940761
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pulmonary involvement in Kaposi sarcoma is rare in children and can be difficult to distinguish from other pathology.OBJECTIVE:
To describe the radiological findings in paediatric pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Sequential chest radiographs of six children and CT scans of four of these children were evaluated retrospectively. Their ages ranged from 18 months to 10 years; four were male and two were female. All six children were HIV-positive. The observers were two radiologists.RESULTS:
Chest radiographs revealed air-space (100%) and reticular (83%) opacification in the mid- and lower lung zones; pleural effusions were present in 83% of the children. All the children showed progressive air-space opacification on follow-up radiography. CT demonstrated bilateral air-space opacification in a perihilar distribution in all the children; reticular opacification was seen in 75%. All the children had mediastinal and axillary lymphadenopathy; 75% had bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy.CONCLUSION:
In both adults and children, chest radiography demonstrates perihilar and lower zone involvement. Pleural effusions are more common on radiographs in children. Air-space disease and lymphadenopathy are much more common on CT in children than adults.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
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Article