{"pk":1104,"title":"Disseminated Kaposi Sarcoma","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Case Presentation:\n A 28-year-old male with a recent diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus presented to the emergency department with odynophagia and dysphagia for a month. Physical exam revealed Kaposi sarcoma partially occluding the airway. Point-of-care ultrasound was used to assist with the diagnosis of reactive lymphadenopathy, and computed tomography revealed systemic disease. Otolaryngology was urgently consulted, and the patient was admitted for prompt tracheostomy the following day.\nDiscussion:\n Kaposi sarcoma is a violaceous vascular neoplasm that is an acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining illness. Mucocutaneous membranes should be thoroughly evaluated with patients suspected of AIDS. This case demonstrates the vital evaluation of the patient’s airway to assess patency. Highly active antiretroviral therapy should be initiated promptly, as well as chemotherapy in severe systemic cases.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Kaposi sarcoma"},{"word":"acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)"},{"word":"violaceous"},{"word":"adenopathy"},{"word":"point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)"}],"section":"Images in Emergency Medicine","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7mt699h1","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Laura","middle_name":"","last_name":"Goyack","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Alabama – Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Matthew","middle_name":"","last_name":"Heimann","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Alabama – Birmingham, Department of Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2021-11-02T01:31:39-04:00","date_accepted":"2021-11-02T01:31:39-04:00","date_published":"2021-11-02T01:32:14-04:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1104/galley/845/download/"}]}