Symptoms of Kaposi's Sarcoma
Symptoms of Kaposi's Sarcoma
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources
for Kaposi's Sarcoma includes the 13
symptoms listed below:
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Kaposi's Sarcoma: Complications
Review medical complications possibly associated with Kaposi's Sarcoma:
- Internal bleeding
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Anemia
- Kaposi's sarcoma can involve the lungs and cause significant symptoms, including cough and shortness of breath. This diagnosis is made by a CT scan of the chest and a bronchoscopy. The tumors can return even after apparently successful treatment. Kaposi's sarcoma can be fatal for a person with AIDS
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Kaposi's Sarcoma?
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Kaposi's sarcoma:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The initial sign of Kaposi's sarcoma is one or more obvious lesions in various shapes, sizes, and colors (ranging from red-brown to dark purple) appearing most commonly on the skin, buccal mucosa, hard and soft palates, lips, gums, tongue, tonsils, conjunctiva, and sclera.
In advanced disease, the lesions may join, becoming one large plaque. Untreated lesions may appear as large, ulcerative masses.
Other signs and symptoms include:
❑health history of AIDS
❑ pain (if the sarcoma advances beyond the early stages or if a lesion breaks down or impinges on nerves or organs)
❑ edema from lymphatic obstruction
❑ dyspnea (in cases of pulmonary involvement), wheezing, hypoventilation, and respiratory distress from bronchial blockage.
The most common extracutaneous sites are the lungs and GI tract (esophagus, oropharynx, and epiglottis).
Signs and symptoms of disease progression and metastasis include severe pulmonary involvement and GI involvement leading to digestive problems.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Malignant spinal neoplasms:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Extramedullary tumors produce symptoms by pressing on nerve roots, the spinal cord, and spinal vessels; intramedullary tumors, by destroying the parenchyma and compressing adjacent areas. Because intramedullary tumors may extend over several spinal cord segments, their symptoms are more variable than those of extramedullary tumors.
The following clinical effects are likely with all malignant spinal cord neoplasms:
❑Pain — Most severe directly over the tumor, radiates around the trunk or down the limb on the affected side and is unrelieved by bed rest. It may worsen when lying down or with straining, coughing, or sneezing. Pain can be diffuse, occurring over all extremities. Generally, it progressively worsens and isn't relieved by medication.
❑ Motor symptoms — Asymmetric spastic muscle weakness, decreased muscle tone, exaggerated reflexes, and a positive Babinski's sign. If the tumor is at the level of the cauda equina, muscle flaccidity, muscle wasting, weakness, and progressive diminution in tendon reflexes are characteristic.
❑ Sensory deficits — Contralateral loss of pain, temperature, and touch sensation (Brown-Séquard's syndrome). These losses are less obvious to the patient than functional motor changes. Caudal lesions invariably produce paresthesias in the nerve distribution pathway of the involved roots.
❑Bowel and bladder symptoms — Urine retention is an inevitable late sign with cord compression. Early signs include incomplete emptying or difficulty with the urine stream, which is usually unnoticed or ignored. Cauda equina tumors cause bladder and bowel incontinence due to flaccid paralysis.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
GI hemorrhage:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Bright red blood from rectum or mouth, hypotension, tachycardia, nausea, decreased urine output, decreased level of consciousness, increased respiratory rate, cold, clammy skin
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Kaposi's sarcoma:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
The initial sign of Kaposi’s sarcoma is one or more obvious lesions in various shapes, sizes, and colors (ranging from red-brown to dark purple) that appear most commonly on the skin, buccal mucosa, hard and soft palates, lips, gums, tongue, tonsils, conjunctivae, and sclerae.
With advanced disease, the lesions may join, becoming one large plaque. Untreated lesions may appear as large, ulcerative masses.
Other signs and symptoms include:
❑ a history of HIV infection
❑ pain (if the sarcoma advances beyond the early stages or if a lesion breaks down or impinges on nerves or organs)
❑ edema from lymphatic obstruction
❑ dyspnea (in cases of pulmonary involvement), wheezing, hypoventilation, and respiratory distress from bronchial blockage.
The most common extracutaneous sites are the lungs and GI tract (esophagus, oropharynx, and epiglottis).
Signs and symptoms of disease progression and metastasis include severe pulmonary involvement and GI involvement leading to digestive problems.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Kaposi's Sarcoma as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
When considering symptoms of Kaposi's Sarcoma, it is also important to consider Kaposi's Sarcoma as a possible cause of other medical conditions.
The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Kaposi's Sarcoma may cause:
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This signs and symptoms information for Kaposi's Sarcoma has been gathered from various sources,
may not be fully accurate,
and may not be the full list of Kaposi's Sarcoma signs or Kaposi's Sarcoma symptoms.
Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Kaposi's Sarcoma may vary on an individual basis for each patient.
Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they
are indeed Kaposi's Sarcoma symptoms.
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