Gastric Kaposi sarcoma: A difficult endoscopic diagnosis.

A married, 51-year-old male patient was referred for a digestive endoscopy to the Walter Cantidio University Hospital, in Fortaleza, Brazil, for burning sensation and intense epigastric pain over a period of five months, associated with nausea, gastric fullness, and anorexia, with an estimated 17-kg weight loss. He was unaware of comorbidities. An upper digestive endoscopy was performed, revealing reduced distensibility of the stomach as well as body and fundus mucosa with edematous, fused, hypertrophic folds, with intense diffuse erythema and friability (Figure 1). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.