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Volume 347:763-764 September 5, 2002 Number 10
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Development of Kaposi's Sarcoma at the Site of a Biopsy

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by Webster-Cyriaque, J.
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To the Editor: Dr. Webster-Cyriaque (April 18 issue)1 reports the development of Kaposi's sarcoma at the site of a recent biopsy of minor salivary glands in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Although the development of Kaposi's sarcoma at the sites of surgical wounds and other skin trauma (Koebner's phenomenon) has been described before,2,3 this case is remarkable in that the original biopsy specimen showed no pathological abnormalities or expression of Kaposi's sarcoma–associated herpesvirus, also called human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8). Immunoperoxidase staining of a specimen from a subsequent biopsy of the Kaposi's sarcoma lesion showed the expression of HHV-8 . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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