Table 2. Literature Review - Gastrointestinal Bleeding as a Result of Kaposi Sarcoma - Presentations, Treatments and Outcomes.

Author	Year	Age/ Gender	Presentation	History	GI Location	Treatment	Outcome
Salako Abdulkadir14	2005	56 yo / M	melena	h.pylori s/p treatment	jejunum, ileum	small bowel resection	death from rupture of hepatic kaposi, HIV testing negative
Ablin41	1998	73 yo / M	melena, fever	vasculitis on immunosuppressants	gastric, LI, rectum	vinblastine, cessation of immunosuppressants	continued hemorrhage, death
Balachandra42	2006	61 yo / M	GI bleeding	Inuit, NSAID use	stomach, ileocecal valve	doxorubicin	alive at 2.5 yrs HIV testing negative
Bryk43	1978	78 yo / M	weakness, malaise, melena	Known Cutaneous Kaposi	duodenum, jejunum	local radiotherapy, vinblastine, cyclophosphamide	death from continued bleeding
Calzona44	2002	15 yo / F	melena, lymphadenopathy, fever	Renal Txp	stomach	cessation of immunosuppressive therapy	bleeding stopped at 16 days, remission at 6 months
Cairncross45	2009	5 yo / F	“massive GI bleed”	HIV, CD4 14	unknown	none	Death
De Blasio46	2005	42 yo / M	anemia, lymphadenopathy	renal txp	gastric, liver, inguinal lymph nodes	sub-total gastrectomy	death few days following surgery
Lin47	2002	41 yo / F	lymphadenopathy, tarry stools	Renal Txp	Esophagus, stomach	none listed	Unknown
Kahl48	2007	39 yo	hematochezia	none	stomach, SI, LI	none listed	New HIV Dx
Neville12	1996	53 yo / M	melena, anemia	HIV, known cutaneous KS	SI	chemo, radiation	resolution of symptoms
Potter49	1984	35 yo / M	hematochezia, abdominal distention	Known HIV / AIDS	esophagus, duodenum, SI, appendix, LI, Liver, GB, pancreas	TPN, bowel rest, vinblastine, adriamycin, bleomycin, vincristine, actinomycin, DTIC	progression of kaposi, death due to respiratory failure (PCP)
Rodriguez10	2012	30 yo / M	anal pain, hematemesis	HIV, known cutaneous KS	stomach, duodenum, rectum	HAART, doxorubicin, radiation	unknown
Stribling51	1978	59 yo / M	skin lesions, GI bleed	Renal Txp	Esophagus, stomach, SI, LI, liver, adrenals, retroperitoneum	Laparotomy, bowel resection	Death
Wien52	1991	66 yo / M	upper GI bleed	alcoholic liver disease	stomach	radiation	resolution of gastric lesions
Yildiz53	2010	52 yo / M	growing palate mass, melena, hematemesis	known cutaneous classic KS, HIV negative	palate, esophagus, stomach, lung, liver	Adriablastine, vincristine, bleomycin	partial remission

Pub Med and Google Scholar searches for “gastrointestinal bleeding AND Kaposi”.

Location Abbreviations: SI = Small Intestine, LI = Large Intestine, GB = gall bladder