Rare Ocular Involvement in a Newly Diagnosed AIDS Patient With Diffuse Kaposi’s Sarcoma

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a cancer that often affects individuals with human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), those who have received an organ transplant, or others who are immunocompromised. KS is a vascular tumor that most often presents in cutaneous sites, including the lower extremities, oral mucosa, and genitalia. Literature regarding KS with ocular involvement is scarce. We present a rare case in which a patient diagnosed with AIDS-associated KS exhibited ocular and diffuse manifestations. The lesions of cutaneous KS are frequently mistaken for an alternative diagnoses; therefore, the clinician should have a high index of suspicion for this vascular tumor in AIDS patients.

An Uncommon Presentation of Extrahepatic Cholestasis due to Single Biliary Stricture From Kaposi Sarcoma

“…KS has been associated mostly with extension from liver disease presenting with cholangitis and jaundice and may also be caused by extensive disease of the porta hepatis with compression of the extrahepatic biliary tree [10]. A Spanish journal reported a case of biliary tract and gallbladder KS in an AIDS patient without cutaneous involvement that initially presented with pancreatitis; in this case, the involvement of the biliary tract appeared similar to primary sclerosing cholangitis given the beaded pattern [11].…”