Kaposi's Sarcoma

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IN 1872 Kaposi1 described a peculiar pigmented multiple sarcoma of the skin that still defies clinicians and pathologists. Almost 800 cases have been reported in the literature, and many of these have been studied intensively by all methods now available: bacteriologic tests; tissue tests; transplantation; attempted induction by carcinogens; histochemical stains; and epidemiologic and clinical surveys. Yet its etiology is unknown; its histogenesis is clouded, and its clinical course and therapy are confused.The lesions in the skin are reddish, reddish brown or purple and often begin as multiple macules, which enlarge and become nodular. They may coalesce, to form . . .

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