K.S.H.V., the virus that causes AIDS

[James Scutero]

Here is an interesting paper on Kaposi's Sarcoma. The researchers
found "inflammatory" KS in all people diagnosed with AIDS. 
Human Pathology   Volume 16, No. 5 (May 1985)

Frequency and Anatomic Distribution of Lymphadenopathic Kaposi's
Sarcoma in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome:

An Autopsy Series

Lee B. Moskowitz, MD, George T. Hensley, MD, Edwin W. Gould,
MD, and Steven D. Weiss, MD

Histologic material from 52 autopsies of persons who had died
of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reviewed.
The study group included 23 Haitians, 19 homosexual men, five
intravenous drug abusers, two hemophiliacs (type A), and three
persons at unknown risk. Nineteen of the patients (36.5 per
cent) had typical Kaposi's sarcoma alone, but 49 (94.2 per cent)
had the inflammatory variant of Kaposi's sarcoma as well as
typical Kaposi's sarcoma. Inflammatory Kaposi's sarcoma was
found in all risk groups studied. In all cases of typical
Kaposi's sarcoma, histomorphologic transitions of inflamatory
Kaposi's sarcoma to typical Kaposi's sarcoma were observed.
Lymph nodes and spleen were the organs most commonly involved
by both typical and inflammatory Kaposi's sarcoma. The findings
indicate that Kaposi's sarcoma is more common and has a wider
morphologic spectrum in AIDS than is generally appreciated.
Hum Pathol 16:447-456, 1985.