Clinical and Endoscopic Features of Gastrointestinal Kaposi Sarcoma: A Single-Center Portuguese Experience over the Last Decade | Zendy

Joana Carmo | Zendy; Susana Chaves Marques | Zendy; Miguel Bispo | Zendy; Daniel Pinto | Zendy; Cristina Chagas | Zendy

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Clinical and Endoscopic Features of Gastrointestinal Kaposi Sarcoma: A Single-Center Portuguese Experience over the Last Decade

Author(s) -

Joana Carmo,

Susana Chaves Marques,

Miguel Bispo,

Daniel Pinto,

Cristina Chagas

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

ge portuguese journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321

H-Index - 9

eISSN - 2341-4545

pISSN - 2387-1954

DOI - 10.1159/000461592

Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , asymptomatic , hematochezia , sarcoma , stomach , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , esophagus , duodenum , kaposi's sarcoma , colonoscopy , cancer , pathology , colorectal cancer , paleontology , human herpesvirus , biology

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is an angioproliferative tumor caused by human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8). Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement by KS is a rare endoscopic finding, scarcely characterized in the literature.

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