Differentiation between AIDS-related and non-AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • July 1987,
  • 54
  • (4)
  • 315-319;

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.

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  • Received August 1986.
  • Accepted January 1987.
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