Doctors See Return of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Handful of AIDS Patients

Fortunately, the new cases of Kaposi's sarcoma are not severe, although they do begin with lesions, Maurer said. Doctors can use a variety of treatments, including injections and a topical gel, to treat the condition.

Dr. David Aboulafia, attending hematologist and oncologist at Virginia Mason Clinic in Seattle, said AIDS patients should know that Kaposi's sarcoma remains very rare, especially when compared to the early days of the AIDS epidemic, when it struck about one-third of patients. And the treatments available today are effective and fairly easy for people to tolerate, he said.

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Learn more about Kaposi's sarcoma from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.