Kaposi's sarcoma of the pancreas mimicking pancreatic cancer in an HIV- infected patient: Clinical diagnosis by detection of HHV 8 in bile and complete remission following antiviral and cytostatic therapy with paclitaxel

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Menges, Markus ^a   Pees, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; Cytostatic therapy; HIV infection; Human herpes virus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033501080     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/ijgc:26:3:193     Document Type: Article

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