Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 1997)

Perforation of the Jejunum Secondary to AIDS-Related Gastrointestinal Kaposi's Sarcoma

  • Eric M Yoshida,
  • Norman HL Chan,
  • Clifford Chan-Yan,
  • Robert M Baird

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/425861
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 38 – 40

Abstract

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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.