Perforation of the jejunum secondary to AIDS-related gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma.
Intestinal perforation in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients due solely to Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) has rarely been described. A homosexual man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related KS who presented with an acute abdomen is presented. He was found to have a jejunal perforation through a small KS lesion. There were no infectious organisms identified at the site of perforation.
Yoshida
E M
EM
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Chan
N H
NH
Chan-Yan
C
C
Baird
R M
RM
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis