Metastatic Kaposi's Sarcoma Presenting as Acute Appendicitis
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Military Medicine
- Vol. 151 (1) , 45-47
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/151.1.45
Abstract
A homosexual male with a history of multiple sexual contacts presented with symptoms of appendicitis. After appendectomy and apparent clinical recovery, he was noted to be progressively leukopenic. This raised the suspicion of AIDS, and a biopsy of lip and abdominal wall lesions confirmed Kaposi's sarcoma. Re-examination of the appendix specimen revealed a Kaposi's sarcoma lesion as the cause of appendicitis.Keywords
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