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Classroom classification

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Kaposi sarcoma

肿瘤外科

Common symptoms

溃疡疼痛、斑疹、口腔黏膜溃疡、青红丘疹、上唇附近，鼻旁...、眼结膜水肿及角膜溃疡、瘙痒、咽部溃疡

The pathology of disease

Kaposi sarcoma is HHV8-associated vascular neoplasm; HIV/AIDS; purple/red-brown plaques/nodules on skin/oral/viscera; older Mediterranean/equatorial Africa.

Symptoms

Purple/red skin plaques/nodules; oral lesions; lymphadenopathy; GI/pulmonary involvement; HIV-positive

Causes

HHV8; HIV/AIDS; immunosuppression; classic/endemic subtypes.

Treatment

HAART; local excision/RT; chemo/liposomal anthracyclines for advanced

Dept

Oncology / dermatology / infectious disease.

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