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MALT lymphoma and Kaposi Sarcoma in an HIV‐negative patient
Author(s) -
Mirabile Aurora,
Devizzi Liliana,
Gianni Alessandro M.,
Cabras Antonello,
Carbone Antonino
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.21802
Subject(s) - medicine , malt lymphoma , helicobacter pylori , lymphoma , pathology , gastritis , cd20 , gastric lymphoma , gastroenterology
A 77-year-old caucasian man presented on March 2005 with important epigastric pain without any other significant history of gastritis. Patient refers a history of cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) treated since 1974 with surgical excision or oncovorin topical injection. He underwent endoscopic evaluation showing a 1.5-cm ulcerated area at the gastric angulus, associated with edematous and erythematous nodular mucosa (Fig. 1).