"Sarcoma, Kaposi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterized by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules, usually on the lower extremities, most often on the toes or feet, and slowly increasing in size and number and spreading to more proximal areas. The tumors have endothelium-lined channels and vascular spaces admixed with variably sized aggregates of spindle-shaped cells, and often remain confined to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, but widespread visceral involvement may occur. Kaposi's sarcoma occurs spontaneously in Jewish and Italian males in Europe and the United States. An aggressive variant in young children is endemic in some areas of Africa. A third form occurs in about 0.04% of kidney transplant patients. There is also a high incidence in AIDS patients. (From Dorland, 27th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, pp2105-7) HHV-8 is the suspected cause.
| Descriptor ID |
D012514
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.860 C04.557.450.795.850 C04.557.645.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Sarcoma, Kaposi- Sarcoma, Kaposi
- Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Kaposis Sarcoma
- Sarcoma, Kaposi's
- Multiple Idiopathic Pigmented Hemangiosarcoma
- Kaposi Sarcoma
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcoma, Kaposi" by people in Profiles.
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Pulmonary Kaposi Sarcoma. CJEM. 2016 09; 18(5):399-400.
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An Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor successfully treated with surgical resection: a case report and literature review. Clin Adv Hematol Oncol. 2010 Jun; 8(6):423-6.
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Kaposi's sarcoma in the pediatric population: the critical need for a tissue diagnosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 May; 28(5):426-8.
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Phenotype and proliferation characteristics of cultured spindle-shaped cells obtained from normal human skin and lesions of dermatofibroma, Kaposi's sarcoma, and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a comparison with fibroblast and endothelial cells of the dermis. J Dermatol Sci. 1997 Nov; 16(1):52-8.
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Appendiceal Kaposi's sarcoma: a cause of right lower quadrant pain in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol. 1991 Jul; 86(7):901-3.
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Linear cutaneous lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma: a clinical clue to the diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 1988 Mar; 124(3):327-9.
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The incidence of second malignancies in subsets of Kaposi's sarcoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Apr; 16(4):855-61.