Symptoms of Kaposi's sarcoma?

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Kaposi's sarcoma is also known as multiple head tumor. The tumor found is mainly skin cancer caused by skin blood vessels. The development of Kaposi's sarcoma is generally divided into two forms. One is an senile disease, which mainly occurs in people of European, Jewish and Italian origin, and the skin growth is relatively slow, The second is mainly manifested in children and young people in equatorial Africa and AIDS patients, and the growth rate is very fast. Symptoms of Kaposi's sarcoma? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of Kaposi's sarcoma?

The most typical site of KS is skin. Mucosa, lymph nodes and internal organs may also be involved during or at the beginning of the lesion, sometimes without skin involvement. AIDS related KS was the most aggressive. Skin lesions are most common in the face, genitalia and lower limbs. Common oral mucosa, lymph nodes, gastrointestinal tract and lung involvement.

Classic KS is characterized by purple, reddish blue or dark brown macular papules, plaques and nodules, can also form ulcers. It is especially common in the extremity and may be accompanied by lymphedema. The disease is usually inert, and lymph nodes and viscera are not often involved. It may be accompanied by hematopoietic malignancy.

Local KS may have skin lesions with a long course. Lymphadenopathy is a subtype of endemic KS. It occurs in children in Africa. It progresses rapidly and is highly fatal. Iatrogenic KS is relatively common. It occurs months or years after solid organ transplantation or immunosuppressive therapy.

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Once suffering from Kaposi's sarcoma, mainly through radiation and chemical treatment and immunotherapy, plus surgical treatment, the harm caused by this disease is relatively large, so we must pay attention to it in our life.