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Previous Volume 328:210-211 January 21, 1993 Number 3 Next

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To the Editor: Kaposi's sarcoma is a tumor of endothelial or spindle-cell origin classically described as a multicentric, pigmented angiosarcoma appearing on the lower extremities of older men of Jewish or Mediterranean ancestry¹. Since the first report of Kaposi's sarcoma in homosexual and bisexual men in 1981, it has been recognized as the most common tumor among patients with disease due to the human immunodeficiency virus² and is considered a diagnostic symptom of AIDS³. Kaposi's sarcoma commonly presents as a cutaneous lesion, but intraoral lesions are the initial manifestation in 20 percent of patients⁴. These oral lesions . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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