Case Reports1 April 1955KAPOSI'S SARCOMA FOLLOWING ALLERGIC ANGIITISJOSEPH T. MCGINN, M.D., JOSEPH J. RICCA, M. D., JOHN F. CURRIN, M.D.JOSEPH T. MCGINN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH J. RICCA, M. D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN F. CURRIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-4-921 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONKaposi's sarcoma is an uncommon neoplastic lesion, usually of low grade malignancy, which is thought to be of vascular tissue origin. Most authors, including Algerter and Peale,1 classify it as an angiosarcoma. The disease seems to have a predilection for Central European stock, affecting northern Italians most frequently, then Jews, Russians and Poles, in that order. The most common age of onset is in the fifth and sixth decades; males are the more frequent victims by a ratio of 20:1.Kaposi's sarcoma has been reported frequently in association with malignancies of the lymphatic system, such as mycosis fungoides,2, 3...Bibliography1. AlgerterPeale EEAR: Kaposi's sarcoma: a critical survey, Arch. Path. 34: 413-422, 1942. Google Scholar2. LaneGreenwood CGAM: Lymphoblastoma (mycosis fungoides) and hemorrhagic sarcoma of Kaposi in the same person, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 27: 643 (Apr.) 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Lapowski P: Idiopathic multiple pigment sarcoma (Kaposi), Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 33: 170 (Jan.) 1936. Google Scholar4. BluefarbWebster SNJR: Kaposi's sarcoma associated with lymphosarcoma, Arch. Int. Med. 91: 97-105, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Talbott JH: Clinical manifestations of Hodgkin's disease, New York State J. Med. 47: 1883, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. GreensteinConston RHAS: Co-existent Hodgkin's disease and Kaposi's sarcoma: report of a case with unusual clinical features, Am. J. M. Sc. 218: 384 (Oct). 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Wolf J, in discussion on Rosen, I.: Kaposi's sarcoma associated with lymphatic leukemia, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 48: 566 (Nov.) 1943. Google Scholar8. ColeCrump HNES: Report of two cases of idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma (Kaposi), the first complicated with lymphatic leukemia, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 1: 283 (Mar.) 1920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. SachsGray WM: Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphatic leukemia: report of a case, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 51: 325 (May) 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. GreppiBettoni EI: Splenomegalia emolitica ed angio-endothelioma cutaneo tipo Kaposi con associazione di agranulocitosi e sepsi orale: sindrome complesse di reticuloendoteliosi iper plastico-neoplastica, Arch. 1st. Biochim. ital. 4: 403 (Nov.) 1932. Google Scholar11. BeckerThatcher MSBS: Multiple idiopathic sarcoma of Kaposi, J. Invest. Dermat. 1: 379-395, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Dorffel J: Histogenesis of multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 26: 608, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Dorffel J: Ueber einen Fall von Endotheliosis in Kindesalter, Dermat. Wchnschr. 89: 1178, 1929. Google Scholar14. OrmsbyMontgomery OSH: Diseases of the skin, 1945, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar15. MacKeeApollara GMAC: Multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma (Kaposi), Am. J. Cancer 26: 1-28, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. AllenBarkerHines EVME: Peripheral vascular disease, 1946, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar17. Zeek PM: Periarteritis nodosa and other forms of necrotizing angiitis, New England J. Med. 248: 764-772, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication May 3, 1954.From the Department of Medicine, Long Island College Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFamilial Classic Kaposi Sarcoma in Two Siblings: Case Report and Literature ReviewKaposi's sarcoma in rheumatic diseasesSkin Lesions in Melanoma and Kaposi’s SarcomaClassic Kaposi sarcomaKaposi's sarcoma with visceral involvement after intraarticular and epidural injections of corticosteroidsThe appearance of kaposi sarcoma during corticosteroid therapyKaposi's sarcoma in rheumatoid arthritisMendelian Predisposition to LymphomagenesisFamilial Occurrence of Kaposi's Sarcoma. Report of Two BrothersKaposi's sarcomaFamilial Kaposi's sarcomaKaposi's sarcoma and immunosuppressive therapy: an appraisalRetikulosenErbliche Aplasien, Hyperplasien und Tumoren (mit Ausnahme von Gefäßtumoren) 1 April 1955Volume 42, Issue 4Page: 921-927KeywordsHospital medicineJewish peopleKaposi sarcomaLesionsLymphatic systemVasculitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...