KAPOSIS-SARCOMA DIAGNOSED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, ADDIS-ABABAUNIVERSITY MEDICAL-FACULTY - A 15 YEARS RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF BIOPSY RESULTS 1981-1994

This is a fifteen years' retrospective analysis of 37 kaposi's sarcoma cases diagnosed in the Department of Pathology, Addis Ababa Universit y Medical Faculty between 1981-1994 G.C. There were 12 female (32%) an d 25 male (66%) patients. The median age was 35 years. There was a mar ked increase in 1994 when 14 cases (38%) were diagnosed. The most freq uent site of the lesion is the lower extremeties followed by lymph nod es. The predominant histologic findings were spindle cell proliferatio n, vascular proliferation, extravasation and slit spaces. The authors believe that the finding of this study may serve as a base-line data f or future studies.