Ribeiro Ferreira, Nuno and Vicente, Patricia and Costa, Rui and Gouveia, Carolina and Mateus, Sofia (2015) Gastric and Peritoneal Involvement of Human Herpes Virus 8 Related Kaposi Sarcoma in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2 (5). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is one of the most frequent neoplastic diseases in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The authors report the case of a 40-year-old male with ascites, peripheral edema and peritoneal carcinomatosis secondary to a gastric KS related to human herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8). The patient had severe immunodeficiency, with a TCD4+ count of 86 cells/µl and newly diagnosed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. His clinical condition rapidly deteriorated, with multiorgan failure, and he died without the possibility of initiating antiretroviral therapy or chemotherapy. To the authors’ knowledge, carcinomatosis is a rare feature in KS.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, human herpes virus 8, Kaposi sarcoma, carcinomatosis |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2016 14:20 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2016 14:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15043 |
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