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Kaposi sarcoma (KS) occuring within the central nervous system are rare. We report a case of KS with cerebro-meningeal involvement associated with an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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Labrousse, F., Fontaine, C., Marche, C., Fallet, C., Vedrenne, C. (1987). Meningeal and Intra-cerebral Localizations of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AIDS. In: Chatel, M., Darcel, F., Pecker, J. (eds) Brain Oncology Biology, diagnosis and therapy. Developments in Oncology, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3347-7_48
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