| an autopsy case of disseminated strongyloidiasis combined with cytomegalovirus infection. | we report a rare autopsy case of disseminated strongyloidiasis combined with cytomegalovirus co-infection involving a 68-year-old man, who was originally from okinawa prefecture in southern japan, where strongyloidiasis occurs sporadically among the elderly. this patient was admitted with a diagnosis of drug eruption and hypereosinophilic syndrome. he was administered steroid therapy, but suffered complications of fever, respiratory distress, and pulmonary hemorrhaging. the autopsy findings show ... | 2011 | 21519131 |
| kaposi sarcoma in okinawa. | the authors encountered six patients with kaposi sarcoma in okinawa; one was classic type, two were associated with adult t-cell leukemia (atl), one was with multiple myeloma, and two were with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids). in the classic type, many nodular lesions were seen on the skin of the extremities and a few on the trunk, some of which were ulcerated. most lesions regressed in 1.5 years. in four other patients (three without aids and one with aids), many plaques and a few no ... | 1992 | 1643618 |