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Kasposi's sarcoma

Most common non-infectious AIDS-defining diagnosis in HIV disease that arises at multiple sites within short span of time.
Sites

Skin Lymph nodes mouth hard palate tip of nose penis lower legs
Look of the lesion

Red, or violatous; in dark skinned people, they may appear brown or black, well-defined, flat or raised. When multiple they tend to develop along flexures.
Prognosis

Lymphnode involvement has poor prognosis.
Treatment

Local radiotherapy, especially for single lesions. Combination chemotherapy Use of anti-neoplastic drugs.
Non-hodgkin's lymphoma

Arises from: B-lymphocytes 80%, T lymphocytes.
Sites

CNS (Central Nervous System), Bone marrow, GIT (Gastro intestinal Tract), Liver.
Trigger factors

Fever and weight loss.
Treatment

Combination chemotherapy.
Prognosis

Poor.
Carcinoma

There is an increased incidence of cervical dysplasia and neoplasia in HIV infected females and anal carcinoma in HIV infected homosexual men.