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Sarcoma de Kaposi - Treatment

Tratamiento:

La forma de tratamiento de esta afección depende de:

  • Qué tan inhibido esté el sistema inmunitario (inmunodepresión)
  • Número y localización de los tumores
  • Síntomas

Los tratamientos abarcan:

Las lesiones pueden reaparecer después del tratamiento.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

El tratamiento del sarcoma de Kaposi no mejora en sí las posibilidades de supervivencia de los pacientes con SIDA. El pronóstico depende del estado de inmunidad de la persona y de qué tanto virus del VIH tenga el paciente en su sangre (carga viral).

Complicaciones:

Las complicaciones pueden abarcar:

  • Tos (posiblemente con sangre) y dificultad para respirar si la enfermedad está en los pulmones
  • Hinchazón de las piernas que puede doler o causar infecciones si la enfermedad está en los ganglios linfáticos de las piernas

Los tumores pueden reaparecer incluso después de tratamiento. El sarcoma de Kaposi puede ser mortal para una persona con SIDA.

Una forma agresiva del sarcoma de Kaposi africano se puede diseminar con rapidez a los huesos. Otra forma de este sarcoma que se encuentra en niños africanos no afecta la piel; en lugar de esto, se disemina a través de los ganglios linfáticos y órganos vitales, y puede volverse rápidamente mortal.

  • Reviewed last on: 9/15/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Volberding PA. Hematology and oncology in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 416.

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