Open AccessClassic Kaposi′s sarcoma with colonic involvement: A rare presentation with successful treatment with oral etoposide
Author(s) -
Faruk Taş,
Serkan Keskın,
Gülçin Yeğen,
Nurhan Gozubuyukoglu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.95186
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , sarcoma , presentation (obstetrics) , rare disease , dermatology , etoposide , disease , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , kaposi's sarcoma , chemotherapy , surgery , immunology , human herpesvirus
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is currently regarded as a low-grade vascular malignancy. KS is a multicentric and multisystem disease that involves the skin and less commonly visceral organs, such as the gastrointestinal system including colonic involvement. KS with colonic involvement in HIV-negative patients is a rare clinical manifestation. In this regard, we report an immunocompetent, HIV-negative elderly female patient with classic KS presenting with colonic involvement.