Abstract
The collected data of 38 patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma seen within 10 years (1960–1970) were analysed. 30 were males and 8 females, with 26 originating in East and Central Europe. In the majority, the disease had begun in the 5th and 6th decade. In most patients, only the skin was involved and the outcome was relatively good. In 4 patients, there was a general spread to skin and in 4 visceral involvement, with a lethal outcome in all 8. It is concluded that the prognosis depends on the clinical form taken by the disease and that the effect of treatment is minor. It was the authors’ impression that in cases with typical initial localisation (skin of feet and legs), there is less of a tendency for a spread to other organs, with a good prognosis, while in cases in which the disease starts elsewhere, the tendency towards spreading is more pronounced and the prognosis is more serious.
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