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      Kaposi's sarcoma of the trachea.

      The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
      Adolescent, Airway Obstruction, etiology, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic, Sarcoma, Kaposi, complications, Tracheal Neoplasms

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          The most common tracheal neoplasms are epidermoid carcinomas, papillomas and cylindromas. Kaposi's sarcoma, confined primarily to the trachea, is one of the rarest tumours. The clinical and histological picture of a case of Kaposi's sarcoma of the trachea in a young, pregnant woman, presenting with severe airway obstruction, is described here. The emergency tracheoscopy dislodged a mass from the trachea, which turned out to be a Kaposi's sarcoma on histology. Although Kaposi's sarcoma is one of the manifestations of AIDS, this patient had neither any underlying immunodeficiency nor any skin, visceral or lymphatic lesions.

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