Glossary for Kaposi's Sarcoma

• AIDS: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells. AIDS patients tend to develop opportunistic infections and cancers. Opportunistic infections are infections that would not normally affect a person with a healthy immune system. The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.
• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells. AIDS patients tend to develop opportunistic infections and cancers. Opportunistic infections are infections that would not normally affect a person with a healthy immune system. The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.
• Anemia: Reduced ability of blood to carry oxygen from various possible causes.
• Bacillary angiomatosis:
• Bowel conditions: Medical conditions that affect the bowels
• Cancer: Abnormal overgrowth of body cells.
• Colon conditions: Any condition affecting the colon
• Crohn's disease: Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the digestive system. It is one of a group of diseases called inflammatory bowel disease. The disease can affect any area from the mouth to the anus. It often affects the lower part of the small intestine called the ileum.
• Dark skin: Darkening of the skin as a symptom
• Dermatofibroma: A benign skin growth that usually occurs on the legs but may affect the arms or trunk. The growth is usually discolored and contains hard, scar-like tissue. A minor injury such as an insect bite or a thorn can result in a dermatofibroma. The color of the nodule is variable (brown, pink, skin-colored, yellow, purplish).
• Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
• Gastrointestinal bleeding: Internal bleeding in the digestive tract
• HIV/AIDS: HIV is a sexually transmitted virus and AIDS is the progressive immune failure that HIV causes.
• Hemangioma: A condition which is characterized by a benign tumour cause by newly formed blood vessels
• Inflammatory bowel disease: Any type of digestive condition caused by bowel inflammation.
• Internal bleeding: The loss of blood internally from the circulation
• Kaposi sarcoma: A form of cancer caused by a type of herpesvirus that occurs mainly in the skin but may also affect the lymph nodes, internal organs and mucosal areas. There are four forms of the condition: Classical Indolent form, Endemic African KS, iatrogenic KS and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated KS. Symptoms depend on the extent of internal organ and lymphatic system involvement.
• Kaposi's Sarcoma: Kaposi's sarcoma is a cancerous tumor of the connective tissue, and is often associated with AIDS.
• Lymphoma: Cancer involving lymph nodes and the immune system.
• Melanoma: Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It is the leading cause of death from skin disease. It involves cells called melanocytes, which produce a skin pigment called melanin. Melanin is responsible for skin and hair color.
• Mouth conditions: Any condition that affects the mouth
• Pleural effusion: Fluid in the pleural spaces.
• Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia: An infectious disease caused by the fungus called Pneumocystitis carinii which causes pneumonia. It primarily occurs in people with a poor immune system.
• Prurigo: Itchy nodules created by repeated scratching.
• Pyogenic granuloma:
• Rash: A reaction to the exposure of the skin to an allergen
• Skin conditions: Any condition that affects the skin
• Skin spots: The occurrence of spots that are located on the skin
• Small Intestine Cancer: Cancer of the small intestine.
• Spots: The occurrence of spots
• Stomach cancer: Stomach or gastric cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs
• Ulcerative colitis: Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa, UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores, in the colon.
• Vasculitis: Inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel

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