Kaposi's sarcoma
"Massive Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage from AIDS-Related Kaposi's sarcoma Confined to the Small Bowel Managed with Radiation."
Published in AIDS Weekly, February 19th, 1996
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Medical and Pediatric Oncology, "A >50% incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of the gastrointestinal tract has been seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with cutaneous KS. Although gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma (GIKS) is usually asymptomatic, hemorrhages from the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, and large bowel have occurred in this disease. We describe a patient with acute, massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage from GIKS confined to the small bowel who was treated with chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of AIDS-related GIKS limited to...
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