title: Classic Kaposi's sarcoma with colonic involvement: a rare presentation with successful treatment with oral etoposide.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Institute of Oncology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. faruktas2002@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tas
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.forename: Gulcin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yegen
authors.forename: Nurhan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gozubuyukoglu
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005047:Etoposide