Isolated rectal Kaposi's sarcoma
Elizalde, J.I.; Escorsell, A.; García-Pugés, A.; Navarro, S.; Bataller, R.; Terés, J.
Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva 84(6): 399-401
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 1130-0108 PMID: 8129997 Document Number: 416389
We report a case of isolated rectal Kaposi's Sarcoma in a homosexual man with active Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. Although gastrointestinal tract affection is not infrequent, it is usually associated with the existence of skin lesions. A few cases of noncutaneous gastrointestinal Kaposi's Sarcoma have been described, but no one affecting only the rectum. This is a diagnostic possibility in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and rectal symptoms.