Kadakia S C, Kadakia A S, Westphal K W
Department of Medicine, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.
South Med J. 1992 Jan;85(1):37-9. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199201000-00011.
Gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma can occur in HIV-infected patients without previously diagnosed AIDS. Gastrointestinal symptoms in such patients should be thoroughly investigated because of the possibility of gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma, despite the absence of the cutaneous form. The discovery of gastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma establishes the diagnosis of AIDS, as it did in our two patients.