Prolonged Diarrhea, Protein Losing Enteropathy, and Intestinal Perforation: An Illustrative Case of HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma

Abstract

A 24 year-old male with AIDS, chronic non-bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and anasarca, developed a jejunal perforation. This case highlights a constellation of rare findings associated with Kaposi's sarcoma – GI lesions in the absence of cutaneous lesions, protein losing enteropathy with anasarca, and intestinal perforation.