Balachandra Brinda, Tunitsky Ellen, Dawood Shaheenah, Hings Ingrid, Marcus Victoria A
Department of Pathology McGill University Health Centre - Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4.
Pathol Res Pract. 2006;202(8):623-6. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.03.002. Epub 2006 May 8.
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric low-grade vascular malignancy. In North America, it is usually seen in AIDS and solid organ transplant populations. Classic KS is a subtype that traditionally occurs in elderly HIV-negative males of Mediterranean, Eastern European, and Jewish descent. Patients with classic KS characteristically present with skin lesions in the distal extremities. Involvement of the viscera is uncommon in classic KS, but may occur in the late stages of the disease. We report the first case of classic KS presenting in the gastrointestinal tract of an elderly HIV-negative Inuit male from Northern Quebec, Canada.
卡波西肉瘤（KS）是一种多中心性低度血管恶性肿瘤。在北美，它通常见于艾滋病患者和实体器官移植人群。经典型KS是一种亚型，传统上发生于地中海、东欧和犹太裔的老年HIV阴性男性。经典型KS患者的特征性表现是远端肢体出现皮肤病变。经典型KS累及内脏并不常见，但在疾病晚期可能发生。我们报告了加拿大魁北克北部一名老年HIV阴性因纽特男性胃肠道出现经典型KS的首例病例。
