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***Not pathognomonic for KS.<ref name=pmid20577080>{{cite journal |author=Fernandez-Flores A, Rodriguez R |title=Promontory Sign in a Reactive Benign Vascular Proliferation |journal=Am J Dermatopathol |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=June |pmid=20577080 |doi=10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181cf0ae5 |url=}}</ref>
***Not pathognomonic for KS.<ref name=pmid20577080>{{cite journal |author=Fernandez-Flores A, Rodriguez R |title=Promontory Sign in a Reactive Benign Vascular Proliferation |journal=Am J Dermatopathol |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=June |pmid=20577080 |doi=10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181cf0ae5 |url=}}</ref>
**+/-Spindle cells with minimal nuclear atypia.
**+/-Spindle cells with minimal nuclear atypia.
*+/-Intracytoplasmic [[hyaline globules]] - uncommon - one usu. needs to search for 'em.<ref name=pmid7528163>{{cite journal |author=del Rosario AD, Bui HX, Singh J, Ginsburg R, Ross JS |title=Intracytoplasmic eosinophilic hyaline globules in cartilaginous neoplasms: a surgical, pathological, ultrastructural, and electron probe x-ray microanalytic study |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=12 |pages=1283–9 |year=1994 |month=December |pmid=7528163 |doi= |url=}}</ref> **Pale pink globs (that are paler than RBCs) - '''important feature'''.
**[[RBC extravasation]] - very useful - '''important feature'''.<ref name=pmid2229644>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kato | first1 = H. | last2 = Hamada | first2 = T. | last3 = Tsuji | first3 = T. | last4 = Baba | first4 = T. | last5 = Seki | first5 = J. | last6 = Kobayashi | first6 = Y. | title = Kaposi's sarcoma: a light and electron microscopic study. | journal = J Dermatol | volume = 17 | issue = 7 | pages = 414-22 | month = Jul | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 2229644 }}</ref>
*+/-Intracytoplasmic [[hyaline globules]] - uncommon - one usu. needs to search for 'em.<ref name=pmid7528163>{{cite journal |author=del Rosario AD, Bui HX, Singh J, Ginsburg R, Ross JS |title=Intracytoplasmic eosinophilic hyaline globules in cartilaginous neoplasms: a surgical, pathological, ultrastructural, and electron probe x-ray microanalytic study |journal=Hum. Pathol. |volume=25 |issue=12 |pages=1283–9 |year=1994 |month=December |pmid=7528163 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
**Pale pink globs (that are paler than RBCs) - '''important feature'''.
*+/-Hemosiderin deposits.
*+/-Hemosiderin deposits.
*+/-Plasma cells.<ref name=pmid17912148>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Douglas | first1 = JL. | last2 = Gustin | first2 = JK. | last3 = Dezube | first3 = B. | last4 = Pantanowitz | first4 = JL. | last5 = Moses | first5 = AV. | title = Kaposi's sarcoma: a model of both malignancy and chronic inflammation. | journal = Panminerva Med | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 119-38 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi =  | PMID = 17912148 }}</ref>
*+/-Plasma cells.<ref name=pmid17912148>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Douglas | first1 = JL. | last2 = Gustin | first2 = JK. | last3 = Dezube | first3 = B. | last4 = Pantanowitz | first4 = JL. | last5 = Moses | first5 = AV. | title = Kaposi's sarcoma: a model of both malignancy and chronic inflammation. | journal = Panminerva Med | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 119-38 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi =  | PMID = 17912148 }}</ref>
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DDx:
DDx:
*[[Angiosarcoma]] - have many mitoses, nuclear atypia.
*[[Angiosarcoma]] - have many mitoses, nuclear atypia, RBC extravasation not common.
*[[Masson's hemangioma]] - [[AKA]] ''intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia''.
*[[Masson's hemangioma]] - [[AKA]] ''intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia''.
*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>
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