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Kaposi's sarcoma

connective tissue cancer, common among early AIDS patients
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Kaposi's sarcoma

Summary

Kaposi's sarcoma is an infectious disease[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,081 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kaposi's sarcoma is credited with the discovery of Mór Kaposi[3].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[4].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • Mór Kaposi is named after Kaposi's sarcoma[6].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of connective tissue neoplasm[7].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of human herpesvirus 8 infectious disease[8].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of viral infectious disease[9].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma is a type of disease[10].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's Commons category is recorded as Kaposi's sarcoma[11].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's symptoms and signs is recorded as tumor[12].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's symptoms and signs is recorded as lymphadenopathy[13].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's symptoms and signs is recorded as metastasis[14].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's symptoms and signs is recorded as fever[15].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's symptoms and signs is recorded as poisoning[16].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's symptoms and signs is recorded as cachexia[17].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's has cause is recorded as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus[18].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's has cause is recorded as carcinogenesis[19].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's medical examination is recorded as physical examination[20].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's medical examination is recorded as biopsy[21].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's medical examination is recorded as computed tomography[22].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's medical examination is recorded as histology[23].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's disease transmission process is recorded as droplet transmission[24].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's disease transmission process is recorded as contact transmission[25].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's disease transmission process is recorded as haemocontact transmission of pathogen[26].
  • Kaposi's sarcoma's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 176.5[27].

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Works and Contributions

Kaposi's sarcoma is credited with the discovery of Mór Kaposi[3].

Why It Matters

Kaposi's sarcoma ranks in the top 9% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,081 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

carcinogenesis disease histology infectious disease oncology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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