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...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1997-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1997/425861 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 0835-7900 |