Kaposi's Sarcoma in Eastern Taiwan: An Analysis of 13 Cases

卡波西氏肉瘤在東台灣十三例之分析

郭文勵(Wen-Lee Kuo) ； 許永祥(Yung-Hsiang Hsu)

《慈濟醫學雜誌》 10卷4期 (1998/12) Pp. 285-291

https://doi.org/10.6440/TZUCMJ.199812.0285

摘要

吾人近五年內於東台灣診斷出十三例卡波西氏肉瘤，所有病例均經病理檢查確定，總計十一男二女，年齡由三十一至六十九歲，除三人外均為台灣原住民。兩名男性病人感染人類免疫不全病毒（HIV），其餘十一人未受感染。有六名病人呈免疫抑制狀態，包括兩名感染HIV病人及四名因為痛風或乾癬而長期服用類固醇之病人。吾人之觀察顯示卡波西氏肉瘤，尤其是典型或與免疫抑制狀態相關之類型，在東台灣原住民並不罕見。進一步的流行病學研究將闡明確切之發生率及與族群之相關性。

關鍵字

卡波西氏肉瘤 ； 典型 ； 免疫抑制 ； 台灣原住民

並列摘要

We diagnosed 13 cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma in eastern Taiwan between May 1993 and May 1998. The diagnosis was proved by histological examination in all cases. The patients included 11 men and 2 women, from 31 to 69 years old. Ten patients were Taiwan aborigines. Two male patients were infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and 11 patients were HIV negative. Six patients were immunosuppressed, including the 2 patients with HIV infection and 4 patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy for gouty arthritis or psoriasis. Our observations indicate that Kaposi’s sarcoma, especially the classic or immunosuppression-associated types, is not an uncommon malignancy in aborigines in eastern Taiwan. Further epidemiological study is needed to clarify the prevalence rate and ethnic relationship.

並列關鍵字

Kaposi's sarcoma ； classic ； immunosuppression ； Taiwan aborigines