Research Article
Kaposi Sarcoma among HIV Infected Patients in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria: A 14-Year Retrospective Clinicopathological Study
Table 1
Relative frequency of Kaposi sarcoma.
| Year | Total number of malignancies | Cases confirmed histologically | Cases diagnosed clinically | Total number of KS cases |
| 2000 | 239 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2001 | 317 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2002 | 296 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2003 | 274 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2004 | 281 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2005 | 226 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 2006 | 411 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2007 | 438 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 2008 | 569 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2009 | 559 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 2010 | 572 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 2011 | 634 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2012 | 621 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 2013 | 646 | 5 | 7 | 12 | Total | 6,083 | 67 | 115 | 182 |
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