Patients present with localized disease in the form of nodules or plaques and lymphedema.[6] Iatrogenic KS affects patients who are on immunosuppressive therapy for different conditions. [ijam-web.org]

Walter, MD Department of Internal Medicine 1, Ulm University Hospital Patient history and clinical findings A 38-year-old man in a clearly impaired general state of health presented for clarification of Hb-relevant gastrointestinal bleeding with melena [endoscopy-campus.com]

In the present case, bleeding was the major complication, but KS can also lead to malabsorption, steatorrhea, and obstruction. Biopsy may fail to recover tumor, however, because of its submucosal location. [patientcareonline.com]

Biopsy specimens of the lesion showed atypical spindle cell proliferation with destruction of glands, which suggested Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). The patient also had several cutaneous lesions that were identified as KS. [patientcareonline.com]