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Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Other Rare Malignancies in Homosexual Men

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual Men

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Abstract

Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is named after the Austrian dermatologist Moritz Kaposi Kohn (1837–1902), who first recognized the disease in 1872.1 Its synonym is multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma, and it is described histologically in Robbin’s text on pathology as having four essential diagnostic components:

  1. 1.

    Endothelial proliferations, sometimes as cellular sheets, sometimes as multiple thin-walled new vessel formations.

  2. 2.

    Hemorrhage, recent or old, manifested by extravascular red blood cells or hemosiderin.

  3. 3.

    Fibroblastic proliferation.

  4. 4.

    An inflammatory reaction composed of lymphocytes.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, State University of New York Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, New York, 11203, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman

  2. Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, New York, 11203, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman

  3. Department of Community Health, State University of New York Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, New York, 11203, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman

  4. Biological Psychiatry Program, Lakeside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, USA

    David G. Ostrow

  5. Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, USA

    David G. Ostrow

  6. Department of Community Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, USA

    David G. Ostrow

  7. Howard Brown Memorial Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, 60616, USA

    David G. Ostrow

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  1. Biological Psychiatry Program, Lakeside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, USA

    David G. Ostrow M.D., Ph.D. (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research) (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research)

  2. Psychiatry and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, USA

    David G. Ostrow M.D., Ph.D. (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research) (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research)

  3. Howard Brown Memorial Clinic, Chicago, 60616, Illinois, USA

    David G. Ostrow M.D., Ph.D. (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research) (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research)

  4. San Francisco, 94117, California, USA

    Terry Alan Sandholzer (Writer and Lecturer) (Writer and Lecturer)

  5. Downstate Medical School, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 11203, New York, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman M.D., M.A., M.Phil., F.A.C.P. (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health)

  6. Bureau of Venereal Disease Control, New York City Health Department, New York, New York, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman M.D., M.A., M.Phil., F.A.C.P. (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health)

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Felman, Y.M., Ostrow, D.G., Sandholzer, T.A. (1983). Kaposi’s Sarcoma and Other Rare Malignancies in Homosexual Men. In: Ostrow, D.G., Sandholzer, T.A., Felman, Y.M. (eds) Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual Men. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1164-5_16

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