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Appendix Kaposi Sarcoma

MedGen UID:
474411
•Concept ID:
C3272778
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A rare Kaposi sarcoma that arises from the appendiceal wall. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

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

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Leiomyosarcoma mimicking acute appendicitis: a cautionary tale!
Dunphy L, Badea RD, Musa F, Chen F
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jan 25;14(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238788. PMID: 33495185Free PMC Article
Atypical florid vascular proliferation in appendix: a diagnostic dilemma.
Gu MJ, Choi JH, Kim SH
Diagn Pathol 2013 Jan 24;8:12. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-12. PMID: 23347775Free PMC Article
Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor of the appendix vermiformis in a patient with aids.
Basilio-de-Oliveira C, Eyer-Silva WA, Valle HA, Rodrigues AL, Pinheiro Pimentel AL, Morais-De-Sá CA
Braz J Infect Dis 2001 Apr;5(2):98-100. doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702001000200008. PMID: 11493415
Gastro-intestinal Kaposi's sarcoma, with special reference to the appendix.
Chetty R, Arendse MP
S Afr J Surg 1999 Feb;37(1):9-11. PMID: 10222802
Human immunodeficiency virus-related Kaposi's sarcoma of the appendix and acute appendicitis. Report of a case and review of the literature.
Zebrowska G, Walsh NM
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1991 Nov;115(11):1157-60. PMID: 1747034

Prognosis

Atypical florid vascular proliferation in appendix: a diagnostic dilemma.
Gu MJ, Choi JH, Kim SH
Diagn Pathol 2013 Jan 24;8:12. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-12. PMID: 23347775Free PMC Article
Mycobacterial spindle cell pseudotumor of the appendix vermiformis in a patient with aids.
Basilio-de-Oliveira C, Eyer-Silva WA, Valle HA, Rodrigues AL, Pinheiro Pimentel AL, Morais-De-Sá CA
Braz J Infect Dis 2001 Apr;5(2):98-100. doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702001000200008. PMID: 11493415

Clinical prediction guides

Leiomyosarcoma mimicking acute appendicitis: a cautionary tale!
Dunphy L, Badea RD, Musa F, Chen F
BMJ Case Rep 2021 Jan 25;14(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238788. PMID: 33495185Free PMC Article
Atypical florid vascular proliferation in appendix: a diagnostic dilemma.
Gu MJ, Choi JH, Kim SH
Diagn Pathol 2013 Jan 24;8:12. doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-8-12. PMID: 23347775Free PMC Article

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