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A patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had xerostomia and enlargement of the parotid glands underwent a diagnostic biopsy of a labial salivary gland. Within six days, a rapidly growing, fungating mass had appeared at the biopsy site. The lesion had the histologic features of Kaposi's sarcoma and contained antigens of human herpesvirus 8. After treatment with local radiotherapy, the lesion resolved.
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