THE DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE OF PULMONARY KAPOSI’S SARCOMA WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN A RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT: A CASEREPORT

@article{Krayem2001THEDC,
  title={THE DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE OF PULMONARY KAPOSI’S SARCOMA WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN A RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT: A CASEREPORT},
  author={Ayman Krayem and Layla Saleh Abdullah and Essam Raweily and Siraj Omar Wali and Mohamed M. Rawas and Yaseen S. Samman and A A Batouk},
  journal={Transplantation},
  year={2001},
  volume={71},
  pages={1488-1491}
}
Wereport a case of a 39-year-old, HIV-negative, post renal transplant patientwho developed mucocutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma with lung parenchymalinvolvement and concurrently culture proven pulmonary tuberculosis. To thebest of our knowledge, this is the first case report of this combination,which presented with cavitating lung nodules and responded well to withdrawalof immunosuppressive drugs beside antituberculoustreatment. 
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Role of chest CT in concomitant pulmonary TB and Kaposi sarcoma in a HIV patient
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Chest X-ray and chest CT findings in patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis following solid organ transplantation: a systematic review
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A systematic review of articles including chest X-ray or chest CT findings in patients who developed pulmonary tuberculosis following solid organ transplantation found the most common pattern was the classic one for pulmonary tuberculosis (cavitation and “tree-in-bud” nodules), which is similar to the findings for pulmonary TB in the general population.

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