Pich A, Navone R
Panminerva Med. 1989 Jul-Sep;31(3):144-7.
A 71-year-old woman with Kaposi's sarcoma was admitted to the hospital because of severe pancytopenia with negative sternal aspirate. The bone marrow trephine biopsy demonstrated an extensive replacement of the hematopoietic tissue by Kaposi's sarcoma. Skin, soft palate mucosa, spleen, retroperitoneal and axillary lymph nodes were also found to be involved at the post-mortem examination. Therefore the bone marrow biopsy can be used in the staging of Kaposi's sarcoma in presence of pancytopenia and might be able to detect a primary visceral involvement in patients without cutaneous lesions.
一名患有卡波西肉瘤的71岁女性因严重全血细胞减少且胸骨穿刺结果为阴性而入院。骨髓环钻活检显示造血组织被卡波西肉瘤广泛取代。尸检还发现皮肤、软腭黏膜、脾脏、腹膜后和腋窝淋巴结也有累及。因此，骨髓活检可用于存在全血细胞减少的卡波西肉瘤分期，并且可能能够检测出无皮肤病变患者的原发性内脏受累情况。
