Kaposi's sarcoma/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Kaposi's sarcoma.

Multicentric, malignant neoplastic vascular proliferation characterized by the development of bluish-red cutaneous nodules; may be spontaneous, or associated with human herpesvirus-8 in immunosuppressed patients

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Kaposi's sarcoma (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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