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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Kaposi_sarcoma_high_mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Kaposi sarcoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Micro      = vascular lesion (abundant [[RBC]]s), +/-"promontory sign", +/-spindle cells with minimal nuclear atypia, [[RBC extravasation]], +/-intracytoplasmic [[hyaline globules]], +/-hemosiderin deposits, +/-plasma cells
| Subtypes  = classic, endemic, immunosuppression-associated ''or'' transplant-associated, AIDS-associated
| LMDDx      = [[angiosarcoma]], [[Masson's hemangioma]] (''intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia''), benign lymphangioendothelioma
| Stains    =
| IHC        = [[HHV-8]] +ve, CD31 +ve, CD34 +ve
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      = red or brown patches, plaques or nodules
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[skin]], others
| Assdx      = +/-[[HIV]] infection ''or'' immunoincompentence
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence = uncommon
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = dependent on subtype
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
}}
'''Kaposi sarcoma''', abbreviated '''KS''', is an uncommon [[vascular tumour]] that is often associated with [[HIV]]/AIDS.
'''Kaposi sarcoma''', abbreviated '''KS''', is an uncommon [[vascular tumour]] that is often associated with [[HIV]]/AIDS.


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*AIDS-associated.
*AIDS-associated.


==Gross==
*Skin: red or brown patches, plaques or nodules.
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Image:Kaposis_sarcoma_01.jpg | KS. (WC)
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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt23>{{Ref Klatt|23}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt23>{{Ref Klatt|23}}</ref>
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*Benign lymphangioendothelioma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Guillou | first1 = L. | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = CD. | title = Benign lymphangioendothelioma (acquired progressive lymphangioma): a lesion not to be confused with well-differentiated angiosarcoma and patch stage Kaposi's sarcoma: clinicopathologic analysis of a series. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 8 | pages = 1047-57 | month = Aug | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 10935645 }}</ref>
*Benign lymphangioendothelioma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Guillou | first1 = L. | last2 = Fletcher | first2 = CD. | title = Benign lymphangioendothelioma (acquired progressive lymphangioma): a lesion not to be confused with well-differentiated angiosarcoma and patch stage Kaposi's sarcoma: clinicopathologic analysis of a series. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 8 | pages = 1047-57 | month = Aug | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 10935645 }}</ref>
**Histologically very similar.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case134/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case134/dx.html]. Accessed on: 5 January 2012.</ref>
**Histologically very similar.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case134/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case134/dx.html]. Accessed on: 5 January 2012.</ref>
*[[Cavernous hemangioma]].<ref name=pmid24187557>{{cite journal |author=Onak Kandemir N, Barut F, Doğan Gün B, Solak Tekin N, Hallaç Keser S, Oğuz Özdamar S |title=Cavernous hemangioma-like kaposi sarcoma: histomorphologic features and differential diagnosis |journal=Case Rep Med |volume=2013 |issue= |pages=959812 |year=2013 |pmid=24187557 |pmc=3800618 |doi=10.1155/2013/959812 |url=}}</ref>


===Images===
===Images===
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==Stains==
==Stains==
*PAS +ve -- hyaline globules.  
*PAS +ve -- hyaline globules.
*[[Hale's colloidal iron stain]] +ve.<ref name=pmid17210517>{{cite journal |author=Wada DA, Perkins SL, Tripp S, Coffin CM, Florell SR |title=Human herpesvirus 8 and iron staining are useful in differentiating Kaposi sarcoma from interstitial granuloma annulare |journal=Am. J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=127 |issue=2 |pages=263–70 |year=2007 |month=February |pmid=17210517 |doi=10.1309/GMH9CENH4909AWVB |url=}}</ref>


==IHC==
==IHC==
Features:<ref name=pmid24187557/>
*CD31 +ve.  
*CD31 +ve.  
*CD34 +ve.  
*CD34 +ve.  
*[[HHV-8]] +ve.
*[[HHV-8]] +ve.
 
*D2-40 +ve.
*Ki-67 >10%.<ref name=pmid17210517>{{cite journal |author=Wada DA, Perkins SL, Tripp S, Coffin CM, Florell SR |title=Human herpesvirus 8 and iron staining are useful in differentiating Kaposi sarcoma from interstitial granuloma annulare |journal=Am. J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=127 |issue=2 |pages=263–70 |year=2007 |month=February |pmid=17210517 |doi=10.1309/GMH9CENH4909AWVB |url=}}</ref>
*ERG +ve. <ref name=pmid21317715>{{cite journal |author=Miettinen M1, Wang ZF, Paetau A, Tan SH, Dobi A, Srivastava S, Sesterhenn I. |title=ERG transcription factor as an immunohistochemical marker for vascular endothelial tumors and prostatic carcinoma. |journal=Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Mar;35(3):432-41. |volume=35|issue=3 |pages=432-41 |year=2011 |month=march |pmid=21317715 |doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318206b67b|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21317715}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Vascular tumours]].
*[[Vascular tumours]].
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