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

Nuno Ribeiro Ferreira¹  Sofia Mateus²  Patricia Vicente²  Rui Costa²  Carolina Gouveia² 

[1] Internal Medicine Departmen, Hospital São Francisco Xavier- Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental;Internal Medicine Department, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental;

关键词: Human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, human herpes virus 8, Kaposi sarcoma, carcinomatosis.;   

DOI  :  10.12890/2015_000260

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

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