title: Professor Kaposi's original concepts of Kaposi's sarcoma.
abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma has been identified since 1981 as one of the original disorders that defined AIDS and the AIDS epidemic. The authors provide biographical information about Kaposi, followed by a new English translation of a description by Kaposi in German of the sarcoma that bears his name.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, UMD-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2714, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000266:history*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000266:history