Kaposi's disease

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• KAPOSI (Kohn), MORITZ — (1837–1902), dermatologist. Born in Kaposvar, Hungary, he became assistant to Ferdinand Hebra at the dermatological hospital, Vienna, in 1879, and the collaboration with the famous pathologist proved most fruitful. Kaposi completed Hebra s… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Kaposi's sarcoma — Caption = Intraoral Kaposi’s sarcoma lesion with an overlying candidiasis infection. OMIM = 148000 MedlinePlus = 000661 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1218 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|derm|203 eMedicine2|oph|481 DiseasesDB = 7105 MeshID =… …   Wikipedia

• Kaposi sarcoma — Usually lethal cancer appearing as red purple or blue brown spots on the skin and other organs. It has been linked to one of the herpes viruses, and there is considerable debate about how it should be classified. When described in 1872 by Moritz… …   Universalium

• Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus — Taxobox virus group = I familia = Herpesviridae subfamilia = Gammaherpesvirinae genus = Rhadinovirus species = Human herpesvirus 8 Kaposi s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the eighth human herpesvirus; its formal name according to the… …   Wikipedia

• Kaposi's sarcoma — Ka·po·si s sarcoma kap ə zēz , kə pō , sēz n a neoplastic disease affecting esp. the skin and mucous membranes, characterized esp. by the formation of pink to reddish brown or bluish tumorous plaques, macules, papules, or nodules esp. on the… …   Medical dictionary

• disease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of ill health Nouns 1. disease, illness, sickness, ailment, ailing; morbidity, infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; functional disorder. 2. condition, affliction,… …   English dictionary for students

• Kaposi's sarcoma — noun Etymology: Moritz Kaposi died 1902 Hungarian dermatologist Date: 1916 a neoplastic disease associated especially with AIDS, affecting especially the skin and mucous membranes, and characterized usually by the formation of pink to reddish… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Kaposi's sarcoma — a malignant tumour arising from blood vessels in the skin and appearing as purple to dark brown plaques or nodules. It is common in Africa but rare in the Western world, except in patients with AIDS. The tumour evolves slowly; radiotherapy is the …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Wise-Rein disease — ( Lichen ruber moniliformis ) is a rare skin disease named for Fred Wise and Charles R. Rein. It is one of several diseases also known as Kaposi s disease. The disease causes numerous whitish punctiform papules and brownish macules arranged in a… …   Wikipedia

• Castleman's disease — Infobox Disease Name = Castlemans disease Caption = DiseasesDB = 2165 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|785.6 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D005871 Castleman s disease is a rare disorder characterized by non cancerous… …   Wikipedia

• Moritz Kaposi — (Hungarian: Kaposi Mór) (born 23 October 1837 in Kaposvár, Hungary 6 March 1902 in Vienna, Austria) was a Hungarian physician and dermatologist who discovered the skin tumor that received his name (Kaposi s sarcoma). Contents 1 Biography 1.1… …   Wikipedia