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: Faruk Tas, Serkan Keskin, Gulcin Yegen, Nurhan Gozubuyukoglu
• Journal: Journal of cancer research and therapeutics (J Cancer Res Ther) 2012 Jan-Mar Vol. 8 Issue 1 Pg. 112-3 ISSN: 1998-4138 [Electronic] India
• PMID: 22531526 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
• Etoposide

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Aged
• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Colonic Neoplasms (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Etoposide (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Female
• Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
• Humans
• Multimodal Imaging
• Positron-Emission Tomography
• Sarcoma, Kaposi (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Skin Neoplasms (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome