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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2011 Mar 21;47(5):371–375. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.02.018

Table 1.

Demographic data of the patients (age, gender, race and HIV status) and clinical information of the oral lesions (location, size, color, clinical presentation) included in our studies. HHV8 infection in all the cases was confirmed by the presence of the latency-associated nuclear antigen 1 (LANA1).

Case Age Sex Race Location Size Color Clinical
Presentation
HIV
status
LANA1
1 34 M W Palate 1.5cm red N/A Positive +
2 29 M W Gingiva N/A red/purple N/A N/A +
3 44 M W Palate 3.5×2.5cm Blue Swelling N/A +
4 40 M W Palate N/A Blue N/A Positive +
5 60 M W Palate 1 cm red Exophytic granulation tissue N/A +
6 36 M W Palate 4×3 mm Purple Pedunculated mass N/A +
7 31 M W Gingiva N/A Purple Multiple, spongy lesions Positive +
8 39 M W Gingiva N/A Purple Soft, multiple N/A +
9 57 M W Mucobuccal fold N/A Dark Firm, pedunculated Positive +
10 39 M W Gingiva N/A N/A N/A Positive +
11 42 M W Gingiva 1 cm Purple Nodular, multiple Positive +
12 27 M W Tongue N/A Blue Multiple Positive +
13 32 M W Maxillary tuberosity N/A Purple Exophytic Positive +
14 38 M W Gingiva 1×1×2 cm Blue Swelling Positive +
15 33 M W Tongue N/A N/A Verrucous cast Positive +
16 25 M W Palate 2.5 cm N/A Pedunculated mass Positive +
17 48 M W N/A 2×2×.5cm Red/Purple N/A Positive +
18 31 M W Gingiva 1 cm N/A Enlarged operculum N/A +
19 47 M W Hard palate N/A Purple N/A Positive +
20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A +
21 22 M W Lip vestibule 0.5 × 0.8 Blue Swelling Positive +
22 32 M W Hard palate 3 × 4 Red Exophytic mass Positive +
23 45 M W Hard palate 1.5 × 1.2 Red Macule Positive +
24 31 M W Hard palate 2 cm Blue Pedunculated mass Positive +
25 56 M W Hard palate Unknown Red/Blue Swelling Positive +

N/A: Information not available in chart