Below: Photomicrograph of the histopathologic section reveals fibrous connective tissue stroma with numerous irregular slit like spaces containing extravasated red blood cells and surrounded by ill-defined fascicles of spindle shaped cells (H-E)
Below: Chest radiograph
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) occurs with increased frequency in all HIV transmission groups and at a particularly high rate among homosexual men. It usually presents initially as violaceous cutaneous lesions, but oral mucosa, lymph nodes and visceral organs may be affected, sometimes without skin involvement. KS in a 20-year-old HIV-seropositive patient with oral involvement as the sole presentation of the disease is presented herewith; thus contributing a new AIDS-related KS case reported in Indian Literature.
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