Mucocutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in an HIV-positive patient: diagnosis and treatment

• Main Authors: Laura Priscila B. Carvalho (Author), Laudenice P. Lucena (Author), Maria Cristina T. M. Honorato (Author), Gilka S. S. Andrade (Author), Roseana A. Freitas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial neoplasia caused by infection with the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), and the type associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered the most aggressive and frequent. This paper reports a case of mucocutaneous KS in a patient not...