(n) a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs; a common manifestation of AIDS, Example:until 1980 Kaposi's sarcoma occurred almost exclusively with Jewish or Italian or black men
(n) a now rare complication of vaccinia superimposed on atopic dermatitis with high fever and generalized vesicles and papulovesicles, Syn. Kaposi's varicelliform eruption