Accuracy of Clinical Suspicion and Pathologic Diagnosis of Kaposi Sarcoma in East Africa

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Authors

Erin Amerson · AMPATH

Carina M. Woodruff · National Institutes of Health

Amy Forrestel · National Institutes of Health

Megan Wenger · National Institutes of Health

Timothy H. McCalmont · National Institutes of Health

Philip E. LeBoit · Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Toby Maurer

Abstract

Among East African HIV-infected patients, we found suboptimal positive predictive value of clinical suspicion of KS and specific, but not sensitive, histopathologic interpretation. The findings call for abandonment of isolated clinical diagnosis of KS in the region and augmentation of local dermatopathologic services.

Topics & Keywords

Viral-associated cancers and disorders Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volume 71, Issue 3, pp. 295-301

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000862

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