PERFORATION OF THE JEJUNUM SECONDARY TO AIDS-RELATED GASTROINTESTINALKAPOSIS-SARCOMA

Authors
YOSHIDA EM CHAN NHL CHANYAN C BAIRD RM
Citation
Em. Yoshida et al., PERFORATION OF THE JEJUNUM SECONDARY TO AIDS-RELATED GASTROINTESTINALKAPOSIS-SARCOMA, Canadian journal of gastroenterology, 11(1), 1997, pp. 38-40
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Canadian journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08357900
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
38 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0835-7900(1997)11:1<38:POTJST>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Intestinal perforation in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patien ts due solely tu Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) has rarely been described. A ho mosexual man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related KS who pr esented with an acute abdomen is presented. He was found to have a jej unal perforation through a small ICS redon. There were no infectious o rganisms identified at the site of perforation.