Presentation
If present, they are usually identified after an episode of bleeding. Isolated lesions presenting only with diarrhea have not been commonly described. [ijam-web.org]
A 2-week history of diarrhea mixed with bright red blood was the presenting complaint of a 40-year-old man who was seropositive for HIV. Stool studies and culture results were negative for microorganisms. [patientcareonline.com]
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]
Treatment
[…] sarcoma inflammatory cytokine syndrome — received treatment with rituximab. [endoscopy-campus.com]
For patients with systemic disease, options include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, either as single treatment or as combined therapy. [ijam-web.org]
Non-AIDS asso- ciated Kaposi’s sarcoma: Clinical features and treatment outcome. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(4):e18397. Svrcek M, Tiret E, Bennis M, Guyot P, Fléjou JF. [revistagastrocol.com]
Prognosis
The colon is less frequently affected and is usually associated with extensive skin involvement and poor prognosis.[6],[8],[9],[10] Case Report A 60-year-old male immigrant from Liberia, living in the United States for the last decades, presented to the [ijam-web.org]
Etiology
[…] aggressive form of KS with an increased frequency of visceral involvement was recognized.[2] In 1994, human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) was identified in a skin lesion of a patient with KS.[4] HHV-8 is transmitted predominantly by saliva and is the only known etiology [ijam-web.org]
Epidemiology
Part 1: Epidemiology, environmental predispositions, clinical manifestations, and therapy. Lancet Infect Dis. 2002;2(5):281-92. Chang Y, Cesarman E, Pessin MS, Lee F, Culpepper J, Knowles DM, et al. [revistagastrocol.com]
Epidemiological study of classic Kaposi's sarcoma: A retrospective review of 125 cases from Northern Israel. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2000;14:91-5. 19. Neumann H, Vieth M, Mönkemüller K. [ijam-web.org]