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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal

versão On-line ISSN 2078-5135
versão impressa ISSN 0256-9574

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MOHANLAL, R D  e  PATHER, S. Kaposi's sarcoma, a South African perspective: Demographic and pathological features. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. [online]. 2015, vol.105, n.5, pp.375-378. ISSN 2078-5135.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.8773.

BACKGROUND: The incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) has increased dramatically since the onset of the AIDS epidemic. Of the estimated 66 200 cases of KS worldwide, 58 800 are considered to have occurred in sub-Saharan Africa OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology and pathological characteristics of KS at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH), Johannesburg, South Africa METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study design was used. Nine hundred and thirty-eight histopathology reports of KS diagnosed in 901 patients at CHBAH between 2005 and 2009 were reviewed. Age, gender, topographic site, CD4 count, HIV status, KS histological stage, findings of human herpesvirus 8 latency-associated nuclear antigen 1 immunohistochemistry and concomitant pathological findings were recorded RESULTS: The male/female ratio was 1.2:1, the mean age 37 years and the median CD4 count 128 cells/μL. Lower limb skin biopsies accounted for 49.6% of cases. Paediatric, visceral and endemic KS accounted for only limited proportions (1.4%, 1.4% and 1.3% of biopsies, respectively). There were concomitant pathological findings in 4.6% of biopsy specimens, infections and inflammatory dermatoses being the most frequent CONCLUSION: The findings of this study highlight the need for allocation of diagnostic and treatment resources for KS. Documentation of the various demographic aspects of KS will prove to be of historical, clinical and histopathological interest as the long-term outcomes of antiretroviral therapy begin to emerge

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