Symptoms of Kaposi's sarcoma may include:
- Flat or raised, usually painless spots or bumps that are pink, red, to purple in light-skinned people and brown to black in dark-skinned people. These can develop anywhere on the body, but often appear first on the tip of the nose or the soles of the feet. Abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction, or gastrointestinal bleeding may occur if lesions develop in the gastrointestinal tract.
- Shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, coughing up blood, and respiratory failure when lesions involve the lungs.
- Lymph node enlargement if Kaposi's sarcoma arises in the lymph nodes. (Enlarged lymph nodes are also a symptom of other illnesses associated with AIDS.)
- Excess fluid and swelling in the extremities, especially the legs and feet, the genital area, and around the eyes. (This condition is called lymphedema.)
