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Identifying Dysregulated Genes Induced by Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV)
Published on: September 14, 2010
Perforation of the jejunum secondary to AIDS-related gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma
E M Yoshida1, N H Chan, C Chan-Yan
1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Abstract:
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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