KAPOSI SARCOMA OF THE RECTUM IN THE INITIAL PRESENTATION OF HIV - A CASE REPORT

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1594752412088

• Palavras-chave: Kaposi's sarcoma, HIV, AIDS, Rectum.

• Keywords: Kaposi's sarcoma, HIV, AIDS, Rectum.

• Abstract:

  This article aims to inform about Kaposi's Sarcoma of the rectum as an initial presentation in the context of HIV, in the form of a case report. This is based on information collected from the medical records of a patient at a Gastroenterology Clinic in the Southwest of Paraná. In this sense, descriptions are made about the tumor, as well as its etiology, development, clinical manifestations and treatment. These presentations are made through the study of scientific articles. In addition, the relationship of the tumor with the manifestation of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the actions taken individually in the case are addressed. The report will be a 68-year-old male patient, under investigation for anemia, with weight loss of 12 kg in 4 months, who discovered the diagnosis of HIV during a medical consultation with a hematologist. He was then referred to the colonoscopy service, where he was diagnosed with Kaposi's Sarcoma of the rectum. He started ART with good response and complete remission of the tumor without the need for chemotherapy or radiotherapy.