Introduction: Since the advent of HIV, Kaposi's sarcoma has become one of the most common opportunistic infections and the first cancer in patients with HIV. This cancerous disease occurs most often on the skin but also the viscera. Digestive localization was often observed during the search for other locations before the cutaneous form. No studies in Mali has focused on the upper gastrointestinal location.
Objectives: To describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of Kaposi's sarcoma in the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study from June 2005 to February 2009 in the center of endoscopy of the Point G Hospital including all patients seen in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy during the study period.
Results: 20 cases were reported from a total of 5068 endoscopy performed during this period a frequency of 0.39% hospital. These 20 cases were identified in all 31 patients with cutaneous localization of Kaposi's sarcoma is a frequency of 64.5%. The sex ratio was equal to 0.81. The average age was 36.8 years ± 8.92 years. The stomach and esophagus were found most locations. All patients were HIV positive. The CD4 count below 200 cells/mm3 was observed in 95% of patients.