Table 1. Incisional, Excisional and Core Biopsy Diagnosis in relation to Demographics.

Demographic	Malignancy, n = 219							Necrotizing nodes, n = 125	HIV 1 React nodes, n = 46	Not definitive, n = 170	TOTAL, n = 560
		KS 2	NHL 3	CHL 4	Car 5	Other	Subtotal				n(%)
GENDER	Male	9	29	27	21	11	97	58	17	80	252(45)
	Female	5	31	22	58	6	122	67	29	90	308(55)
RACE	Asian				1		1	2			3(0.5)
	Black	14	58	46	69	16	203	116	44	160	523(93.3)
	White			2	9		11	3	1	9	24(4.2)
	Mixed Race		2	1		1	4	4	1	1	10(2)
AGE	Median 40
	(12–94)
AGE BAND	12-20yr		4	5	2		11	11	1	18	41(7.3)
	21-35yr	11	13	20	13	9	66	59	22	40	187(33.4)
	36-50yr	3	25	17	31	6	82	46	20	53	201(36)
	51-65yr		15	7	25	1	48	8	3	48	107(19)
	>65yr		3		8	1	12	1		11	24(4.3)

¹HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus

²KS: Kaposi sarcoma

³NHL: non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

⁴CHL: Hodgkin Lymphoma

⁵Car: carcinoma.