Two cases of Kaposi's sarcoma arising within intraparotid lymph nodes are presented. The tumor masses, clinically thought to be primary epithelial tumors of the parotid gland, were pathologically defined as Kaposi's sarcoma. No other evidence of this disease has been found elsewhere in either of the
Immunologic and immunogenetic features of primary Kaposi's sarcoma
โ Scribed by Claudio Marinig; G. Fiorini; V. Boneschi; E. Melotti; L. Brambilla
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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