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Esophageal Kaposi Sarcoma

MedGen UID:
234230
•Concept ID:
C1333453
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Esophageal Kaposi's Sarcoma; Esophagus Kaposi's Sarcoma; Kaposi's Sarcoma of Esophagus; Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Esophagus

Definition

A Kaposi sarcoma arising from the esophagus. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEsophageal Kaposi Sarcoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Dichotomous role of microtubule associated protein tau as a biomarker of response to and a target for increasing efficacy of taxane treatment in cancers of epithelial origin.
Barbolina MV
Pharmacol Res 2021 Jun;168:105585. Epub 2021 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105585. PMID: 33798735Free PMC Article
Solid, non-skin, post-liver transplant tumors: Key role of lifestyle and immunosuppression management.
Carenco C, Faure S, Ursic-Bedoya J, Herrero A, Pageaux GP
World J Gastroenterol 2016 Jan 7;22(1):427-34. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i1.427. PMID: 26755888Free PMC Article
Review article: treatment of the gastrointestinal manifestations of AIDS.
Gazzard BG
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1990 Aug;4(4):317-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.1990.tb00478.x. PMID: 2103751

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with AIDS.
Chalasani N, Wilcox CM
AIDS Patient Care STDS 1999 Jun;13(6):343-6. doi: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.343. PMID: 10842854
Pain characteristics and their management in persons with AIDS.
Newshan GT, Wainapel SF
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 1993 Apr-Jun;4(2):53-9. PMID: 8369501
Kaposi's sarcoma in Colombia.
García A, Olivella F, Valderrama S, Rodríguez G
Cancer 1989 Dec 1;64(11):2393-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19891201)64:11<2393::aid-cncr2820641133>3.0.co;2-9. PMID: 2804932
Gastrointestinal complications of AIDS: radiologic features.
Frager DH, Frager JD, Brandt LJ, Wolf EL, Rand LG, Klein RS, Beneventano TC
Radiology 1986 Mar;158(3):597-603. doi: 10.1148/radiology.158.3.3003792. PMID: 3003792

Diagnosis

The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with AIDS.
Chalasani N, Wilcox CM
AIDS Patient Care STDS 1999 Jun;13(6):343-6. doi: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.343. PMID: 10842854
Gastrointestinal pathology in HIV-infected patients.
Clayton F, Clayton CH
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1997 Jun;26(2):191-240. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8553(05)70293-4. PMID: 9187923
Esophageal cancer. Radiologic diagnosis.
Levine MS
Radiol Clin North Am 1997 Mar;35(2):265-79. PMID: 9087203
Diseases of the chest in AIDS: CT diagnosis.
Kuhlman JE, Fishman EK, Hruban RH, Knowles M, Zerhouni EA, Siegelman SS
Radiographics 1989 Sep;9(5):827-57. doi: 10.1148/radiographics.9.5.2678294. PMID: 2678294

Therapy

A case of esophageal adenocarcinoma on long-term rapamycin monotherapy.
Canha C, Ferreira R, Rovira J, Moya-Rull D, Castells A, Diekmann F, Oppenheimer F, Campistol JM, Revuelta I
Transpl Int 2015 Oct;28(10):1240-4. Epub 2015 May 19 doi: 10.1111/tri.12600. PMID: 25939687
Eosinophilic oesophagitis: an unsuspected aetiology for dysphagia in an HIV-positive patient.
Batog C, Psevdos G Jr, Paniz-Mondolfi A, Srivastava S, Sharp VL
Int J STD AIDS 2010 Dec;21(12):842-4. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010020. PMID: 21297098
Pain characteristics and their management in persons with AIDS.
Newshan GT, Wainapel SF
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 1993 Apr-Jun;4(2):53-9. PMID: 8369501
Odynophagia/dysphagia in AIDS.
Raufman JP
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1988 Sep;17(3):599-614. PMID: 3049365
Disseminated visceral Kaposi's sarcoma. Appearance after human renal homograft operation.
Siegel JH, Janis R, Alper JC, Schutte H, Robbins L, Blaufox MD
JAMA 1969 Feb 24;207(8):1493-6. PMID: 4884743

Prognosis

Three-year cancer incidence in Blantyre, Malawi (2008-2010).
Chasimpha SJD, Parkin DM, Masamba L, Dzamalala CP
Int J Cancer 2017 Aug 15;141(4):694-700. Epub 2017 May 25 doi: 10.1002/ijc.30777. PMID: 28493322Free PMC Article
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013.
Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice C, Dicker D, Pain A, Hamavid H, Moradi-Lakeh M, MacIntyre MF, Allen C, Hansen G, Woodbrook R, Wolfe C, Hamadeh RR, Moore A, Werdecker A, Gessner BD, Te Ao B, McMahon B, Karimkhani C, Yu C, Cooke GS, Schwebel DC, Carpenter DO, Pereira DM, Nash D, Kazi DS, De Leo D, Plass D, Ukwaja KN, Thurston GD, Yun Jin K, Simard EP, Mills E, Park EK, Catalá-López F, deVeber G, Gotay C, Khan G, Hosgood HD 3rd, Santos IS, Leasher JL, Singh J, Leigh J, Jonas JB, Sanabria J, Beardsley J, Jacobsen KH, Takahashi K, Franklin RC, Ronfani L, Montico M, Naldi L, Tonelli M, Geleijnse J, Petzold M, Shrime MG, Younis M, Yonemoto N, Breitborde N, Yip P, Pourmalek F, Lotufo PA, Esteghamati A, Hankey GJ, Ali R, Lunevicius R, Malekzadeh R, Dellavalle R, Weintraub R, Lucas R, Hay R, Rojas-Rueda D, Westerman R, Sepanlou SG, Nolte S, Patten S, Weichenthal S, Abera SF, Fereshtehnejad SM, Shiue I, Driscoll T, Vasankari T, Alsharif U, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Vlassov VV, Marcenes WS, Mekonnen W, Melaku YA, Yano Y, Artaman A, Campos I, MacLachlan J, Mueller U, Kim D, Trillini M, Eshrati B, Williams HC, Shibuya K, Dandona R, Murthy K, Cowie B, Amare AT, Antonio CA, Castañeda-Orjuela C, van Gool CH, Violante F, Oh IH, Deribe K, Soreide K, Knibbs L, Kereselidze M, Green M, Cardenas R, Roy N, Tillmann T, Li Y, Krueger H, Monasta L, Dey S, Sheikhbahaei S, Hafezi-Nejad N, Kumar GA, Sreeramareddy CT, Dandona L, Wang H, Vollset SE, Mokdad A, Salomon JA, Lozano R, Vos T, Forouzanfar M, Lopez A, Murray C, Naghavi M
JAMA Oncol 2015 Jul;1(4):505-27. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.0735. PMID: 26181261Free PMC Article
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with AIDS.
Chalasani N, Wilcox CM
AIDS Patient Care STDS 1999 Jun;13(6):343-6. doi: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.343. PMID: 10842854
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome among North American women.
Cu-Uvin S, Flanigan TP, Rich JD, Mileno MD, Mayer KH, Carpenter CC
Am J Med 1996 Sep;101(3):316-22. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9343(96)00063-0. PMID: 8873494
The interleukin network in the immunopathogenesis of oral diseases.
Sosroseno W, Herminajeng E, Goeno S
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 1994 Dec;12(2):161-8. PMID: 7612111

Clinical prediction guides

Kaposi's sarcoma with atypical gastrointestinal involvement.
Garrido I, Pacheco J, Coelho R, Macedo G
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2022 Jun;114(6):350-351. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.8275/2021. PMID: 34470457
The effect of adjunctive corticosteroids for the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia on mortality and subsequent complications.
Gallant JE, Chaisson RE, Moore RD
Chest 1998 Nov;114(5):1258-63. doi: 10.1378/chest.114.5.1258. PMID: 9823998
Increased risk for opportunistic infections during chemotherapy in HIV-infected patients with Kaposi's sarcoma.
Plettenberg A, van Dyk U, Stoehr A, Albrecht H, Stellbrink HJ, Berger J, Meigel W
Dermatology 1997;194(3):234-7. doi: 10.1159/000246109. PMID: 9187839
Survival after diagnosis of AIDS: a prospective observational study of 2625 patients. Royal Free/Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals Collaborative Group.
Mocroft A, Youle M, Morcinek J, Sabin CA, Gazzard B, Johnson MA, Phillips AN
BMJ 1997 Feb 8;314(7078):409-13. doi: 10.1136/bmj.314.7078.409. PMID: 9040386Free PMC Article
Kaposi's sarcoma in Colombia.
García A, Olivella F, Valderrama S, Rodríguez G
Cancer 1989 Dec 1;64(11):2393-8. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19891201)64:11<2393::aid-cncr2820641133>3.0.co;2-9. PMID: 2804932

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