DISSEMINATED VISCERAL IDIOPATHIC HEMORRHAGIC SARCOMA (KAPOSI'S DISEASE): REPORT OF CASE WITH NECROPSY FINDINGS
Authors: Samuel Nesbitt, P. F. Mark, H. M. Zimmerman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 April 1945DISSEMINATED VISCERAL IDIOPATHIC HEMORRHAGIC SARCOMA (KAPOSI'S DISEASE): REPORT OF CASE WITH NECROPSY FINDINGSSAMUEL NESBITT, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P., P. F. MARK, M.D., H. M. ZIMMERMAN, M.D.SAMUEL NESBITT, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, P. F. MARK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. M. ZIMMERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-4-601 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe lesion of idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma (sometimes called angioreticuloendothelioma) or Kaposi's disease, is a granulomatous tumor characterized by vascular proliferation and hyperplasia of spindle cells which are of doubtful origin.1, 2, 3, 4The fact that various theories have been advanced as to the pathogenesis of the disease is indicative of the fact that the actual nature of its origin remains obscure, although it is generally believed to represent a true neoplastic process rather than an infectious one.2, 4The disease occurs almost always in men who are manual laborers, the great majority of them being Jewish or Italian, of...Bibliography1. SYMMERS D: Kaposi's disease, Arch. Path., 1941, xxxii, 764-786. Google Scholar2. BECKERTHATCHER SWHW: Multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma of Kaposi, Jr. Invest. Dermat., 1938, i, 379-398. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. JESSUP DS: Kaposi's sarcoma, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1937, xxxi, 556-562. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CHOISSERRAMSEY RMEM: Angioreticuloendothelioma (Kaposi's disease) of the heart, Am. Jr. Path., 1939, xv, 155-178. Google Scholar5. WELLER GL: The clinical aspects of cardiac involvement (right auricular tumor) in idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma (Kaposi's disease), Ann. Int. Med., 1940, xiv, 314-322. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Haven, Connecticut*Received for publication May 19, 1943.From the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine and the New Haven Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byVascular Tumors of the LungsPrimary vascular tumors of the lungs: a reviewGastrointestinal Emergencies in the Patient with AidsUncommon TumorsUncommon TumorsKaposi's sarcoma and lymphoma of the gut in AIDSKaposi's sarcoma of the dura materGastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Neoplasms in AIDSUncommon TumorsMeningeal and Intra-cerebral Localizations of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AIDSCase Report: Kaposi’s Sarcoma with Bone Marrow Involvement: Occurrence in a Patient with the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeGastrointestinal Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndromeKaposi's Sarcoma Causing Pulmonary Infiltrates and Respiratory Failure in the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeFREDERICK P. OGNIBENE, M.D., RONALD G. STEIS, M.D., ABE M. MACHER, M.D., LANCE LIOTTA, M.D., Ph.D, EDWARD GELMANN, M.D., HARVEY I. PASS, M.D., H. CLIFFORD LANE, M.D., ANTHONY S. FAUCI, M.D., JOSEPH E. PARRILLO, M.D., HENRY MASUR, M.D., JAMES H. SHELHAMER, M.D.Primary Kaposi's sarcoma of the lung in an lmmunocompetent 32-year-old heterosexual white manKaposi's sarcomaNeurological complications of Kaposi's sarcomatKAPOSI'S SARCOMA-Case Report and Review of Japanese Cases-Thoracic Involvement of Non-African Kaposi's SarcomaStudies in Kaposi's sarcoma. Postmortem findings and disease patterns in womenRetikulosenAngiosarcoma of the heartKaposi's Sarcoma: The Radiographic Manifestations of Involvement of the StomachTHE VISCERAL LESIONS OF KAPOSI'S DISEASE*Bone changes in Kaposi's sarcoma an analysis of 15 cases occurring in Bantu AfricansZur Kasuistik der Haemangiomatosis multiplex sarkomatosum (Kaposi) 1 April 1945Volume 22, Issue 4Page: 601-605KeywordsCellsHospital medicineInfectious diseasesLesionsMetastasisPathogenesisSarcomaVascular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...