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Nasopharyngeal cyst simulating Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-infected patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Henley C. Harrison ,
Brett Tindall ,
Stanley W. McCarthy  and
David A. Cooper
Henley C. Harrison
Affiliation:
Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Sydney Hospital.
Brett Tindall*
Affiliation:
Centre for Immunology, St. Vincent's Hospital and National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales.
Stanley W. McCarthy
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
David A. Cooper
Affiliation:
Centre for Immunology, St. Vincent's Hospital and National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales.
*
Brett Tindall, B.App.Sc., M.Sc., National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, 150, Albion Street, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia 2010
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Abstract

A case of nasopharyngeal cyst in a 30-year-old male homosexual intravenous drug user infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is presented. The similarity in clinical presentation of nasopharyngeal cyst and Kaposi's sarcoma is discussed.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 498 - 500
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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