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Colon Kaposi sarcoma

MedGen UID:
232378
•Concept ID:
C1333091
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Colon Kaposi Sarcoma; colon Kaposi sarcoma; Colon Kaposi's Sarcoma; colon Kaposi's sarcoma; colon Kaposi's sarcoma (disease); Colon Kaposis Sarcoma; colon Kaposis sarcoma; Colonic Kaposi Sarcoma; colonic Kaposi sarcoma; Colonic Kaposi's Sarcoma; colonic Kaposi's sarcoma; Colonic Kaposis Sarcoma; colonic Kaposis sarcoma; Kaposi sarcoma of colon; Kaposi's sarcoma (disease) of colon; Kaposi's Sarcoma of Colon; Kaposi's sarcoma of colon; Kaposi's Sarcoma of the Colon; Kaposi's sarcoma of the colon
SNOMED CT: Kaposi sarcoma of colon (1156795003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003997

Definition

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

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVColon Kaposi sarcoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Targeting angiogenesis for the treatment of sarcoma.
Balasubramanian L, Evens AM
Curr Opin Oncol 2006 Jul;18(4):354-9. doi: 10.1097/01.cco.0000228741.64541.ca. PMID: 16721130
Management of less common tumors of the colon, rectum, and anus.
Cuffy M, Abir F, Longo WE
Clin Colorectal Cancer 2006 Jan;5(5):327-37. doi: 10.3816/CCC.2006.n.002. PMID: 16512991
Interferons in the treatment of human cancer.
Kirkwood JM, Ernstoff MS
J Clin Oncol 1984 Apr;2(4):336-52. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1984.2.4.336. PMID: 6323641

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Second Primary Cancer Among Patients With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Following the Chernobyl Disaster.
Taha A, Taha-Mehlitz S, Nadyrov EA, Zinovkin D, Veyalkin I, Levin L, Pranjol MZI, Melling N, Honaker MD, Cattin PC, Schmid RA
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2329559. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.29559. PMID: 37589974Free PMC Article
Risk of Rare Cancers Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
D'Arcy ME, Castenson D, Lynch CF, Kahn AR, Morton LM, Shiels MS, Pfeiffer RM, Engels EA
J Natl Cancer Inst 2021 Feb 1;113(2):199-207. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaa078. PMID: 32462187Free PMC Article
Cancer risk following lymphoid malignancies among HIV-infected people.
Mahale P, Ugoji C, Engels EA, Shiels MS, Peprah S, Morton LM
AIDS 2020 Jul 1;34(8):1237-1245. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002528. PMID: 32287068Free PMC Article
Safety of Donation From Brain-dead Organ Donors With Central Nervous System Tumors: Analysis of Transplantation Outcomes in Korea.
Lee MS, Cho WH, Ha J, Yu ES, Jeong YS, Oh JS, Lee JR, Lee JM
Transplantation 2020 Mar;104(3):460-466. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002994. PMID: 31596740
Epidemiology of AIDS-related malignancies an international perspective.
Mbulaiteye SM, Parkin DM, Rabkin CS
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2003 Jun;17(3):673-96, v. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8588(03)00048-0. PMID: 12852650

Diagnosis

Gastrointestinal Kaposi Sarcoma Involving Stomach and Colon: Diagnostic Pitfall for Pathologists with Expression of CD117.
Bozdag Z, Toprak S, Karadag N, Akbulut S
J Gastrointest Cancer 2023 Mar;54(1):290-293. Epub 2022 Jan 21 doi: 10.1007/s12029-021-00785-w. PMID: 35060100
Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Immunodeficiency: Imaging Spectrum.
Itani M, Kaur N, Roychowdhury A, Mellnick VM, Lubner MG, Dasyam AK, Khanna L, Prasad SR, Katabathina VS
Radiographics 2022 May-Jun;42(3):759-777. Epub 2022 Apr 22 doi: 10.1148/rg.210169. PMID: 35452341
Cancer risk following lymphoid malignancies among HIV-infected people.
Mahale P, Ugoji C, Engels EA, Shiels MS, Peprah S, Morton LM
AIDS 2020 Jul 1;34(8):1237-1245. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002528. PMID: 32287068Free PMC Article
Polypoid stromal lesions of the intestines.
Voltaggio L, Montgomery E
Histopathology 2015 Jan;66(1):88-101. doi: 10.1111/his.12573. PMID: 25283242
Avoiding pitfalls: what an endoscopist should know in liver transplantation--part II.
Sharma S, Gurakar A, Camci C, Jabbour N
Dig Dis Sci 2009 Jul;54(7):1386-402. Epub 2008 Dec 17 doi: 10.1007/s10620-008-0520-7. PMID: 19085103

Therapy

Cancer after renal transplantation.
Vasudev B, Hariharan S
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2007 Nov;16(6):523-8. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3282f06bba. PMID: 18089965
Targeting angiogenesis for the treatment of sarcoma.
Balasubramanian L, Evens AM
Curr Opin Oncol 2006 Jul;18(4):354-9. doi: 10.1097/01.cco.0000228741.64541.ca. PMID: 16721130
Incidence and risk factors for cancer after liver transplantation.
Vallejo GH, Romero CJ, de Vicente JC
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2005 Oct;56(1):87-99. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2004.12.011. PMID: 15979889
Thalidomide in cancer.
Singhal S, Mehta J
Biomed Pharmacother 2002 Feb;56(1):4-12. doi: 10.1016/s0753-3322(01)00146-9. PMID: 11905508
Thalidomide in cancer: potential uses and limitations.
Singhal S, Mehta J
BioDrugs 2001;15(3):163-72. doi: 10.2165/00063030-200115030-00003. PMID: 11437682

Prognosis

Trends in the incidence of cancer in Kampala, Uganda, 1991 to 2015.
Bukirwa P, Wabinga H, Nambooze S, Amulen PM, Joko WY, Liu B, Parkin DM
Int J Cancer 2021 May 1;148(9):2129-2138. Epub 2020 Nov 29 doi: 10.1002/ijc.33373. PMID: 33129228
Cancer risk following lymphoid malignancies among HIV-infected people.
Mahale P, Ugoji C, Engels EA, Shiels MS, Peprah S, Morton LM
AIDS 2020 Jul 1;34(8):1237-1245. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002528. PMID: 32287068Free PMC Article
Management of less common tumors of the colon, rectum, and anus.
Cuffy M, Abir F, Longo WE
Clin Colorectal Cancer 2006 Jan;5(5):327-37. doi: 10.3816/CCC.2006.n.002. PMID: 16512991
Thalidomide in cancer: potential uses and limitations.
Singhal S, Mehta J
BioDrugs 2001;15(3):163-72. doi: 10.2165/00063030-200115030-00003. PMID: 11437682
Therapeutic plasmapheresis and protein A immunoadsorption in malignancy: a brief review.
Nand S, Molokie R
J Clin Apher 1990;5(4):206-12. doi: 10.1002/jca.2920050408. PMID: 2229001

Clinical prediction guides

Second Primary Cancer Among Patients With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Following the Chernobyl Disaster.
Taha A, Taha-Mehlitz S, Nadyrov EA, Zinovkin D, Veyalkin I, Levin L, Pranjol MZI, Melling N, Honaker MD, Cattin PC, Schmid RA
JAMA Netw Open 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2329559. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.29559. PMID: 37589974Free PMC Article
Trends in the incidence of cancer in Kampala, Uganda, 1991 to 2015.
Bukirwa P, Wabinga H, Nambooze S, Amulen PM, Joko WY, Liu B, Parkin DM
Int J Cancer 2021 May 1;148(9):2129-2138. Epub 2020 Nov 29 doi: 10.1002/ijc.33373. PMID: 33129228
Cyclooxygenase-2-prostaglandin E2-eicosanoid receptor inflammatory axis: a key player in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus associated malignancies.
Paul AG, Chandran B, Sharma-Walia N
Transl Res 2013 Aug;162(2):77-92. Epub 2013 Apr 6 doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2013.03.004. PMID: 23567332Free PMC Article
Incidence and risk factors for cancer after liver transplantation.
Vallejo GH, Romero CJ, de Vicente JC
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2005 Oct;56(1):87-99. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2004.12.011. PMID: 15979889
Pathology of human immunodeficiency virus infection: noninfectious conditions.
Klassen MK, Lewin-Smith M, Frankel SS, Nelson AM
Ann Diagn Pathol 1997 Oct;1(1):57-64. doi: 10.1016/s1092-9134(97)80009-3. PMID: 9869826

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