Document 3019
 DOCN  M94A3019
 TI    Characteristics of Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS patients.
 DT    9412
 AU    Stavrianeas N; Botsi C; Polydorou D; Zagoreos J; Chatzakis A; Stratigos
       I; Unit of specific infectious diseases, A. Sygros Hospital, Athens,;
       Greece.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):172 (abstract no. PB0116). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369556
 AB    OBJECTIVES: Localization of Kaposi's sarcomas in AIDS patients, their
       stage (CDC classification) and immunological status at the time of
       diagnosis. METHODS: 89 patients with AIDS-Kaposi (out of 246 AIDS
       patients), hospitalized in the A. Sygros Hospital during the 1988-1993
       period, were studied. Eighty seven of our patients were homosexuals and
       the Kaposi's sarcoma led to the AIDS diagnosis for 28 of them, while it
       was the first evidence of the disease for 47 patients. The localization
       of Kaposis', the stage according to CDC classification and the CD4
       number, the time the diagnosis had been set were recorded. RESULTS: The
       first localization of the Kaposis' was on the lower limbs (28.08%), the
       face (16.85%) the trunk (14.60%) and the upper limbs (12.35%). Visceral
       involvement (lungs, etc.,) occurred in 10.11% and appeared later in the
       course of the disease. The number of Kaposis' was under 10 for the
       60.67% of the patients. The patients' CDC stage varied: 52.8%, were
       classified as stage II & III, 10.11% as stage IVA 3.37% as stage IVB,
       11.23% as stage IVC1, and 13.48% as stage IVC2. The CD4 count was low in
       the majority of the patients: CD4 < 200 for the 71.42% of the patients.
       DISCUSSION: Kaposi's sarcoma appeared in our study mostly in homosexual
       men. The first localization of them was on the lower limbs. The CD4
       count was usually low while the patients' stage according to CDC was
       variable. The results are compared to the findings of the literature.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*DIAGNOSIS/IMMUNOLOGY/  PATHOLOGY
       Female  Greece  Homosexuality  Human  Leukocyte Count  Male  Neoplasm
       Staging  Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*DIAGNOSIS/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  Skin
       Neoplasms/*DIAGNOSIS/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY  T4 Lymphocytes/IMMUNOLOGY
       MEETING ABSTRACT

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