MALT lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma in an HIV-negative patient

Am J Hematol. 2010 Oct;85(10):815-7. doi: 10.1002/ajh.21802.

Abstract

A 77-year-old caucasian man presented on March 2005 with important epigastric pain without any other significant history of gastritis. Patient refers a history of cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) treated since 1974 with surgical excision or oncovorin topical injection. He underwent endoscopic evaluation showing a 1.5-cm ulcerated area at the gastric angulus, associated with edematous and erythematous nodular mucosa (Fig. 1).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Amoxicillin / administration & dosage
  • Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Chlorambucil / therapeutic use
  • Clarithromycin / administration & dosage
  • Clarithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Gastritis / complications*
  • Gastritis / drug therapy
  • HIV Seronegativity*
  • Helicobacter Infections / complications*
  • Helicobacter Infections / drug therapy
  • Helicobacter pylori* / isolation & purification
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / etiology*
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / microbiology
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary* / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary* / microbiology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary* / pathology
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Remission Induction
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / complications*
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / drug therapy
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / virology
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications*
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / virology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / microbiology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / virology
  • Stomach Ulcer / etiology*
  • Stomach Ulcer / microbiology
  • Vinblastine / therapeutic use
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Chlorambucil
  • Vincristine
  • Vinblastine
  • Amoxicillin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Clarithromycin
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • COP protocol 2