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KAPOSI’S SARCOMA

“ This is the most common AIDS-related neoplasm and is more common in men. Plain film/CT •   Numerous ill-defined perihilar/peribronchovascu...

This is the most common AIDS-related neoplasm and is more common in men.
Plain film/CT
•  Numerous ill-defined perihilar/peribronchovascular nodules, surrounded by ground glass.
•  Less commonly, there is interlobular septal thickening.
•  Look for enhancing hilar lymph node enlargement.
•  Pleural effusions atypical.
Nuclear medicine

•  Note: Lymphoma is gallium avid, Kaposi lesions are not.
 Kaposi sarcoma. Computed tomography image demonstrating the typical ill-defined peribronchovascular ‘flameshaped’ ground-glass opacities (white arrow)