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Kaposi Path.|kəˈpəʊsɪ|
The name of M. K. Kaposi (1837–1902), Hungarian dermatologist, who described the condition in 1872 (Arch. f. Dermatol. und Syphilol. IV. 265), used (now as Kaposi's sarcoma) to designate a progressive disease characterized by multiple malignant tumours esp. of the lymph nodes, or of the skin of the extremities, and occurring esp. in cases of defective immunity.
1897Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Oct. 866/2 (heading) A case of idiopathic multiple pigmented sarcoma (Kaposi type). 1905Brit. Jrnl. Dermatol. XVII. 138 The case is a typical but relatively early one of the so-called idiopathic multiple pigment sarcoma..of Kaposi. 1916Ibid. XXVIII. 334 Dr. S.E. Dore did not think this was a case of Kaposi's sarcoma. 1966Arch. Dermatol. XCIII. 554/1 Three adults with Kaposi's sarcoma of the lymph nodes showed a clinical picture simulating a malignant lymphoma or a granulomatous disease in the absence of characteristic skin lesions. 1985Guardian 22 Aug. 3/7 Many Aids patients..develop a hitherto rare skin cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma, previously seen mainly in kidney patients. |