Extensive metastatic Kaposi sarcoma in chronic immune suppressed bronchial asthma

: In a severely ill 64-year-old man with multilocular Kaposi sarcoma HIV infection was excluded. The decisive factor in the pathogenesis, was long-term immunosuppression with systemic corticosteroids for bronchial asthma. The patient died from cardiorespiratory insufficiency in the course of tumour progression. Autopsy revealed a vast visceral manifestation of Kaposi sarcoma.