Document 0579
 DOCN  M94A0579
 TI    Management of extensive oral Kaposi's sarcoma.
 DT    9412
 AU    Sherson W; St Vincents Medical Centre, Darlinghurst, N.S.W.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:97 (poster no. 44).
       Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349076
 AB    A 29 year old male homosexual with stage IV HIV infection presented with
       extensive bilateral KS involving the hard palate and occluding the
       palatal airspace. Clinical management involved a combined therapy
       approach including chemotherapy (vincristine bleomycin), surgical
       de-bulking, radiotherapy and electrocautery over a 10 month period. The
       case illustrates the difficulty in treating and obtaining remission of
       large oral KS lesions as well as the many side effects of these
       therapies. Early intervention by excision (surgical, laser or
       electrocautery) or sclerosing agents (3% sodium tetradecyl sulfate)
       could afford significant benefits to both the clinician and the patient
       in the management of oral KS.
 DE    Adult  Case Report  Combined Modality Therapy  Human  HIV
       Infections/CLASSIFICATION/*THERAPY  Male  Mouth Neoplasms/*THERAPY
       Prognosis  Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*THERAPY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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