Pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma in six children

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dc.contributor.authorTheron S.
dc.contributor.authorAndronikou S.
dc.contributor.authorDu Plessis J.
dc.contributor.authorGoussard P.
dc.contributor.authorGeorge R.
dc.contributor.authorMapukata A.
dc.contributor.authorGrobbelaar M.
dc.contributor.authorHayes M.
dc.contributor.authorWieselthaler N.
dc.contributor.authorDavidson A.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:17:41Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:17:41Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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 and methods: 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. © 2007 Springer-Verlag.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationPediatric Radiology
dc.identifier.citation37
dc.identifier.citation12
dc.identifier.issn03010449
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s00247-007-0632-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14328
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectascites
dc.subjectaxillary lymph node
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectcomputer assisted tomography
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectfollow up
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus infection
dc.subjectimage analysis
dc.subjectKaposi sarcoma
dc.subjectlung hilus
dc.subjectlung metastasis
dc.subjectlung nodule
dc.subjectlymphadenopathy
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmediastinum lymph node
dc.subjectpleura effusion
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectradiologist
dc.subjectreticular formation
dc.subjectretrospective study
dc.subjectthorax radiography
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectChild, Preschool
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInfant
dc.subjectLung Neoplasms
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectRadiography, Thoracic
dc.subjectSarcoma, Kaposi
dc.subjectTomography, X-Ray Computed
dc.titlePulmonary Kaposi sarcoma in six children
dc.typeArticle
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