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Kaposi's sarcoma in young homosexual men.
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HomosexualityPathologyDisease OutbreakQueer TheorySexual DisordersDermatologyQueer StudyYoung Homosexual MenSocial SciencesSexual CulturesVulvar DiseasesClinical EpidemiologyParaphiliaClassical KsGeneral EpidemiologySexual And Reproductive HealthSkin LesionsHivClinical Infectious DiseaseSexual BehaviorEpidemiologySexual HealthNew KsMedicineSexual OrientationHuman SexualitySexology
An outbreak of KS has been observed in young homosexual men. These patients are different from those with classical KS for the following reasons: 1. geographic distribution (clustering in New York and California); 2. age (younger, mean--39 years); 3. higher incidence; 4. sexual preference (homosexual); 5. distribution of skin lesions (face, upper extremities, trunk); 6. lymph node involvement; 7. visceral lesions; 8. associated opportunistic infections (Pneumocystis carinii, toxoplasmosis); 9. history of sexually-transmitted diseases (hepatitis, syphilis, gonorrhea); and 10. aggressive course of the disease. Awareness of these features of the new KS will enable the practitioner to better recognize this important, emerging disease.