Kaposi's sarcoma: Presence of herpes-type virus particles in a tumor specimen
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Human Pathology
- Vol. 15 (12), 1145-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0046-8177(84)80309-3
Abstract
Three Kaposi''s sarcoma biopsy specimens obtained from 3 African patients with typical nodular cutaneous tumors were investigated morphologically for cellular modifictions suggestive of a viral origin. In one case a Kaposi''s sarcoma cell of the endothelial type contained a few intranuclear herpes-type viral inclusions. The present findings complement previous reports of herpes-type viral particles in Kaposi''s sarcoma cultured cell lines and suggest that, at least under certain conditions, Kaposi''s sarcoma cells enter a virus-producing phase.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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