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GASTROINTESTINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF KAPOSI'S SARCOMA AND AIDS

AIDS. The Epidemic of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections. Friedman-Kien AE, Laubenstein LJ, eds. New York, Masson, p. 235-9, 1984.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/85610703
Horowitz L; Stern JO; Segarra S; New York Univ. Medical Center, New York, NY 10016

Abstract: Visceral involvement occurs in 10% of patients (pts) with classic Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), and up to 66% of these have gastrointestinal (GI) involvement. Most GI involvement is asymptomatic, but mucosal ulceration, GI hemorrhage, obstruction, perforation, pain, diarrhea, and protein-losing enteropathy have been reported. In a series of 86 pts with epidemic KS, GI lesions were detected in 36 and occurred as asymptomatic macules, plaques, or polypoid nodules involving all parts of the GI tract. Endoscopy frequently detected flat lesions not seen in barium studies. In a series of 13 KS pts with active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, 6 had GI tract CMV involvement, which occurred in the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, appendix, and colon; 1 had intractable diarrhea, and 1 had small bowel perforation with CMV inclusion bodies demonstrated at the site of perforation. Cryptosporidiosis has been reported in 21 pts with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and has been characterized by profuse intractable diarrhea; no therapy has been effective. (28 Refs)
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Animal Cryptosporidiosis/*EPIDEMIOLOGY *Cytomegalovirus Infections Enterocolitis/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Human Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*EPIDEMIOLOGY MEETING PAPER REVIEW

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