PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Severe gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to primary intestinal Kaposi’s sarcoma – a case report (Niger Postgrad Med J. 2007 Dec;14(4):352-4.). Authors are Adisa AO Salako AA Ojo OS et al, from the Department of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) was previously a relatively rare disease. With the advent of HIV/AIDS pandemic however, AIDS-related KS has been on the increase and so has interest in the disease. Ninety per cent of patients with KS present with skin lesions. While the gastrointestinal tract is a fairly common site of metastatic KS, primary gastrointestinal KS is uncommon.The presentation of gastrointestinal KS with severe gastrointestinal bleeding is rarer still. In this report, we present a 56yr old HIV-negative patient who presented with severe gastrointestinal bleeding without any skin lesions. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.
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