title: Kaposi's sarcoma of the palate in a patient with AIDS: an unusual presentation.
abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma formerly a rare tumour in the western world, is now found frequently in homosexual patients with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. A common site of occurrence is the mouth. The characteristic intra-oral appearance of the lesion is of a flat or raised pigmented lesion. An intra-oral Kaposi's sarcoma which was not pigmented and which presented as a painless, soft swelling on the hard palate is reported. The unusual appearance of the lesion is described and the importance of accurate diagnosis of intra-oral lesions in patients with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is emphasized.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Daly
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bhagwandeen
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010858:Pigmentation; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*