Gastrointestinal Kaposi Sarcoma: A Rare Case of an Isolated Rectal Lesion in an Immunocompetent HIV-Negative Patient.
Andy Silva-SantistebanSultan MahmoodWilfor Diaz FernandezHarry J RosenbergPoojaben DhorajiyaSamuel IgbinedionErik HolzwangerMandeep S SawhneyDouglas K PleskowMoamen GabrTyler M BerzinPublished in: ACG case reports journal (2023)
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a pathological endothelial growth associated with human herpes virus-8 which primarily affects the skin. In HIV-negative men who have sex with men, the clinical presentation of KS resembles the classic form limited to cutaneous or multifocal disease. In this report, we present a unique case of a healthy 61-year-old man who has sex with men with an isolated gastrointestinal KS who does not meet criteria for any of the typical KS clinical variants. Proper follow-up and regular HIV screenings are needed to evaluate the potential progression course of the disease in these patients.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- rare case
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- south africa
- endothelial cells
- end stage renal disease
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- gene expression
- copy number
- peritoneal dialysis
- climate change
- wound healing
- induced pluripotent stem cells