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8536903

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
The frequency and degree of gastrointestinal involvement in patients with Mediterranean Kaposi's sarcoma (non-AIDS), a newly recognized form of Kaposi's sarcoma, is unknown. Eighty-seven patients with Mediterranean Kaposi's sarcoma proven by skin and/or nodal biopsy underwent endoscopic study of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Of these, 71 (81.6%) had gastrointestinal lesions. All these patients had lesions in the stomach. Additional lesions were detected in the esophagus in 19 patients and in the proximal duodenum in 8 patients, whereas additional lesions in both the esophagus and duodenum were identified in 2 patients. The lesions were classified into 4 types according to their size, shape, and color. Most types of lesions showed characteristic discoloration, but lesions with the appearance and color of normal mucosa that histologically were shown to be Kaposi's sarcoma were also identified. The high prevalence of gastrointestinal involvement in patients with Mediterranean Kaposi's sarcoma (non-AIDS) suggests that an endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract may be useful in non-AIDS-related forms of Kaposi's sarcoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0016-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
336-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastroscopic findings in Mediterranean Kaposi's sarcoma (non-AIDS).
pubmed:affiliation
Gastroenterology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article