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The Lancet, 2004 Kaposi’s sarcoma is a neoplasm that is unusual in itsclinical manifestations, course, and pathogenesis. Itsmale predominance, and occurrence specific to certainparts of the world is striking. The clinical course rangesfrom indolent—with lesions going into spontaneousremission—to aggressive spread, involving sub-cutaneous tissues, lymph nodes, mucosal ...
Liron, Pantanowitz, Bruce J, Dezube
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2019 Kaposi sarcoma (KS) gained public attention as an AIDS-defining malignancy; its appearance on the skin was a highly stigmatizing sign of HIV infection during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The widespread introduction of effective antiretrovirals to control HIV by restoring immunocompetence reduced the prevalence of AIDS-related KS, although KS does ...
Cesarman, Ethel +5 more
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British Journal of Cancer, 1991 Abstract The skin may be the most commonly affected organ in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. This may be manifested in a number of different ways, ranging from pruritus and generalized xerosis to severe fulminating infections with opportunistic agents.
M C, Stickler, A E, Friedman-Kien
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is causative agent of Kaposi’s sarcoma, Multicentric Castleman Disease and Pleural effusion lymphoma. KSHV-encoded ORF17 encodes a protease which cleaves -Ala-Ala-, -Ala-Ser- or -Ala-Thr-bonds.
Misbahuddin M Rafeeq +12 more
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Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 2013 Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a low-grade vascular tumor associated with Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV8) infection. Kaposi sarcoma lesions predominantly present at mucocutaneous sites, but may involve all organs and anatomic locations. Recognized epidemiologic-clinical forms of KS include classic, African (endemic), AIDS-associated (
Oana, Radu, Liron, Pantanowitz
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A case report of the rapid dissemination of Kaposi’s sarcoma in a patient with HIV
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2013 Introduction: Kaposi’s sarcoma is the most common HIV-associated neoplastic disease. In most cases it starts on the skin and later spreads to other visceral organs.
Indiran Govender +2 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Kaposi's sarcoma is a multifocal vascular lesion of low-grade potential that is most often present in mucocutaneous sites and usually also affects lymph nodes and visceral organs.
Érico Arruda +17 more
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Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma—an atypical clinical presentation
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022 HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma is an angioproliferative neoplasia caused by infection with human herpesvirus 8. It typically presents with mucocutaneous involvement. Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma is rare, and an uncommon form of initial presentation of the
Ana Luísa Ramos +4 more
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Dermatomyositis with Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Patient without Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991 The first case of dermatomyositis complicating cutaneous and visceral Kaposi’s sarcoma is presented in a 75-year-old man without human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Dana Liang +4 more
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Cancer Cell International, 2002 Background It is postulated that the unusual manifestations of Kaposis's sarcoma cells in nonendothelial brain tissues and on eyeballs in advanced acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases are metastasized AIDS-Kaposi's sarcoma cells arising from ...
Mazumder Amitabha, Rahman Mahruf U
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