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Primary Kaposi sarcoma of the bowel in a HIV‐negative patient
Author(s) -
Insabato Luigi,
di Vizio Dolores,
Terracciano Luigi Maria,
Pettinato Guido,
Staibano Stefania,
Bifano Delfina,
D'Agostino Luciano
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.1034
Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoma , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sida , human herpesvirus , pathology , viral disease , kaposi's sarcoma , gastroenterology , virology
Abstract A case of Kaposi sarcoma with HIV‐negative and sequence of HHV‐8 positive and exclusive rectosigmoid and descending colon involvement without immunodeficiency is reported. Histologically, in addition to typical features of Kaposi sarcoma, Cowdry type A inclusions were seen. PCR analysis of the tumor showed positivity for human herpesvirus 8. Two of the six reported cases of Kaposi sarcoma limited to the bowel were from African men before the AIDS epidemic. J. Surg. Oncol. 2001;76:197–200. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.