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Case Number : Case 931 - 16th January Posted By: Guest

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40 year-old male with lesions on arm.

Case posted by Dr. Hafeez Diwan.
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Eman El-Nabarawy

Eman El-Nabarawy 69

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First impression was nodular Kaposi's sarcoma. But after noticing a lot of epithelioid cells and intracytoplasmic vacuoles, I'd like to add spindle cell hemangioma to the DD although lacking cavernous vascular channels (may be in other sections!!).

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IgorSC
I agree with Eman El-Nabarawy comment. But, as I can not see the cavernous vascular spaces, I think this is the more common Kaposi sarcoma. Apart from these two hypotheses, I don´t see any more differential diagnosis.

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Robledo F. Rocha

Robledo F. Rocha 336

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Agree with my colleagues and favor nodular stage of Kaposi sarcoma. Epithelioid cells with cytoplasmic vacuoles are suggestive of spindle cell hemangioma, but they seem to be only a focal finding.

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Guest Jim Davie MD

Guest Jim Davie MD

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Kaposi's sarcoma, tumor stage. Supportive findings include:
1. Hypercellular nodules in the deep dermis, with Intersecting fascicles of mildly atypical hyperchromatic spindle cells in parallel arrays, and erythrocytes filling innumerable, small slit-like spaces (seen best in the top right photomicrograph).
2. Patch-stage findings in the more superficial dermis, with sparse hyperchromatic cells surrounding dermal collagen fibers in a promontory-sign pattern (seen best in top left photomicrograph).

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