GASTROINTESTINAL KAPOSI’S SARCOMA: ROENTGEN MANIFESTATIONS

Kaposis sarcoma in a Nairobi hospital.

BACKGROUND Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is associated epidemiologically with HIV infection and a number of countries have reported a dramatic increase in the incidence of KS with the advent of AIDS. Although AIDS is prevalent in Kenya, no studies on the impact of AIDS on the pattern of KS has been carried out. OBJECTIVE To determine any changes in the pattern of KS that might have occurred since the...

The roentgen manifestations of unrecognized skeletal trauma in infants.

Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Diabetes

Dr. Adil E. Bharucha is Professor of Medicine and Dr. G. Richard Locke is Professor of Medicine, and both are consultants in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Program, and Dr. Joseph A. Murray is Professor of Medicine and a consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastroenterolog...

Pulmonary manifestations of Kaposi's sarcoma.

Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma is an unusual pre-mortem diagnosis in AIDS patients. During a four-year period, 318 patients with AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma presented to New York University Medical Center; 19 patients were found to have pulmonary involvement. All 19 patients were homosexual men; 18 of these patients presented with cutaneous and/or visceral Kaposi's sarcoma. Seventy-nine percen...

Kaposi's sarcoma with ocular manifestations.

KAPosI's sarcoma is rarely mentioned among the skin lesions of the eyelids, most of the literature being devoted to the visceral lesions, the connexion with endotheliomata, the very much debated pathogenesis, and the treatment. The condition was first described in Kaposi (1872) as "sarcoma idiopathicum pigmentosum" and later as "sarcoma idiopathicum hemorrhagicum". The histology is so varied th...