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To the Editor: Kaposi's sarcoma was an enigma to Dr. Kaposi in 1872, and it is an enigma still. Case 34-1993 (Aug. 26 issue)¹ concerning Kaposi's sarcoma ends with a pathological discussion. There is a long-standing scholarly debate about whether this sarcoma is a cancer or a reactive process that sometimes behaves aggressively. It is stated that in the patient described, Kaposi's sarcoma "metastasized" to hilar lymph nodes. The anatomical diagnosis is stated as "Kaposi's sarcoma of skin and oral mucosa, with extensive metastasis to lungs." Is the word "metastasized" used here to mean the spread of a malignant cell . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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