Pergolizzi Stefano, Santacaterina Anna, Gaeta Michele, Blandino Alfredo
Operative Unit of Radiotherapy, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy.
Tumori. 2009 May-Jun;95(3):325-8. doi: 10.1177/030089160909500309.
To describe the clinical outcome and to evaluate the role of orthovoltage radiotherapy in the treatment of young (less than 30 years old) Mediterranean men with Kaposi's sarcoma.
We reviewed the records of 198 consecutive patients with Kaposi's sarcoma treated with orthovoltage radiation therapy at our department between January 1920 and December 1987.
We found three young shepherds, aged less than 30 years, with an available follow-up ranging from 45 to 67 years. One patient died at the age of 84 years of chronic renal failure while suffering from cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma; two patients are still alive with recurrent Kaposi's sarcoma.
We presume that an indolent form of Kaposi's sarcoma may occur in young men. This very indolent form can be controlled for the duration of the patient's life by judiciously applied radiation therapy.
描述临床结果并评估深部X线放射治疗在治疗年轻（小于30岁）地中海男性卡波西肉瘤中的作用。
我们回顾了1920年1月至1987年12月间在我院接受深部X线放射治疗的198例连续性卡波西肉瘤患者的记录。
我们发现了3名年龄小于30岁的年轻牧羊人，随访时间为45至67年。1例患者在84岁时死于慢性肾衰竭，当时患有皮肤卡波西肉瘤；2例患者仍存活，患有复发性卡波西肉瘤。
我们推测卡波西肉瘤的一种惰性形式可能发生在年轻男性中。通过合理应用放射治疗，这种非常惰性的形式可以在患者的生命期间得到控制。
