Upper Gastrointestinal Kaposi's Sarcoma in an HIV-Infected Patient
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A 32-year-old male was evaluated in the emergency epartment for worsening asthenia, dizziness, headache and hotophobia for the past five days. Physical examination evealed purple and brown lesions in the inner thigh and enis, suggestive of cutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). His ast medical history was remarkable for acquired immunoeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnosed five years before with rratic follow-up in outpatient clinic. He was hospitalized
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