Differentiation between AIDS-related and non-AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma1
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1987 July;54(4):315-319 | 10.3949/ccjm.54.4.315
July 1, 1987 | Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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Abstract
The epidemiology, clinical presentation, and clinical course of AIDS-related and non-AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma are reviewed and compared. The histopathological features for diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma are described. The authors confirm an earlier report that patients with non-AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma have no HIV antibodies, and recommend serologic HIV testing for all patients with a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma.
