Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA

Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA

Gastrointestinal bleeding related to Kaposi’s Sarcoma is rare in AIDS patients; the etiology of anemia is usually multifactorial. We describe the case of a HIV infected, 53 year old patient with refractory anemia requiring frequent transfusion support. He was a patient with multiple complications a...

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Main Authors: Ana Carolina Freitas Ferreira, Vanessa Barcelos, Ana Raquel Garrote, Alexandra Caeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna 2021-07-01
Series:Galicia Clínica
Subjects:
anemia
hemorragia digestiva alta
sarcoma de kaposi
Online Access:https://galiciaclinica.info/publicacion.asp?f=2173
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spelling doaj-43e095db0e1c46e286d232c66b09e63e2021-07-16T09:18:57ZengSociedade Galega de Medicina InternaGalicia Clínica0304-48661989-39222021-07-0182210310410.22546/61/21732173Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDAAna Carolina Freitas Ferreira0Vanessa Barcelos1Ana Raquel Garrote2Alexandra Caeiro3Medicina Interna, Hospital do Divino Espírito SantoMedicina Interna, Hospital do Divino Espírito SantoDoenças Infecciosas, Hospital de Curry CabralDoenças Infecciosas, Hospital de Curry CabralGastrointestinal bleeding related to Kaposi’s Sarcoma is rare in AIDS patients; the etiology of anemia is usually multifactorial. We describe the case of a HIV infected, 53 year old patient with refractory anemia requiring frequent transfusion support. He was a patient with multiple complications and recent introduction of drugs that could justify myelosuppression and anemia. Due to inconclusive endoscopic examinations, the appearance of melena was the clue of the investigation, which concluded in the diagnosis of duodenal Kaposi’s Sarcoma.https://galiciaclinica.info/publicacion.asp?f=2173anemiahemorragia digestiva altasarcoma de kaposi
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author Ana Carolina Freitas Ferreira
Vanessa Barcelos
Ana Raquel Garrote
Alexandra Caeiro
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Vanessa Barcelos
Ana Raquel Garrote
Alexandra Caeiro
Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA
Galicia Clínica
anemia
hemorragia digestiva alta
sarcoma de kaposi
author_facet Ana Carolina Freitas Ferreira
Vanessa Barcelos
Ana Raquel Garrote
Alexandra Caeiro
author_sort Ana Carolina Freitas Ferreira
title Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA
title_short Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA
title_full Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA
title_fullStr Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA
title_full_unstemmed Hemorragia digestiva alta por Sarcoma de Kaposi en paciente con VIH-SIDA
title_sort hemorragia digestiva alta por sarcoma de kaposi en paciente con vih-sida
publisher Sociedade Galega de Medicina Interna
series Galicia Clínica
issn 0304-4866
1989-3922
publishDate 2021-07-01
description Gastrointestinal bleeding related to Kaposi’s Sarcoma is rare in AIDS patients; the etiology of anemia is usually multifactorial. We describe the case of a HIV infected, 53 year old patient with refractory anemia requiring frequent transfusion support. He was a patient with multiple complications and recent introduction of drugs that could justify myelosuppression and anemia. Due to inconclusive endoscopic examinations, the appearance of melena was the clue of the investigation, which concluded in the diagnosis of duodenal Kaposi’s Sarcoma.
topic anemia
hemorragia digestiva alta
sarcoma de kaposi
url https://galiciaclinica.info/publicacion.asp?f=2173
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