The trillions of the cells in the body grow normally, divide, and then die accordingly. Once adulthood is reached cells divide only to replace worn-out or dying cells or to repair injuries. Kaposi's ...

Author(s)Amy Paturel, M.S., M.P.H. A rare virus coupled with an ailing immune system can lead to Kaposi’s sarcoma. Restoring immune function can help fight it. Alex C.* was a teenager in 2007 when ...

In this report, I describe the development of Kaposi's sarcoma of the labial oral mucosa after minor oral surgery in an HIV-infected patient. The tumor was localized to a site of previous iatrogenic ...

Researchers have developed a model of Kaposi sarcoma that could expedite the development of new drugs to treat the disease, which is the most common cancer in people living with HIV. Researchers at ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of Kaposi’s sarcoma and related death in East Africa has not improved in the last 5 years. In a ...

Moriz Kaposi is best known for his discovery of what would become a main characteristic of AIDS — Kaposi’s sarcoma; but his contributions to medicine encompass many fields of study, including ...

A 75-year-old African-American man presented with a history of progressively worsening, asymptomatic papules and plaques on his trunk and all extremities. He reported that the lesions initially began ...

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Patel RM, Goldblum JR, Hsi ED. Immunohistochemical detection of human herpes virus-8 latent nuclear antigen-1 is useful in the diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma. Mod Pathol 2004;17:456–460. Nuovo M, Nuovo G ...

Kaposi's sarcoma–associated herpesvirus, the viral agent of Kaposi's sarcoma, is associated with two lymphoproliferative disorders: primary effusion lymphoma and multicentric Castleman's disease. To ...

Kaposi's sarcoma is a form of cancer that affects people with decreased immunity. It is seen in patients with HIV infection, elderly men of Mediterranean, Jewish or African descent and patients taking ...