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Case Number : Case 1154 - 25th November Posted By: Guest

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45 year old male with multiple generalized violaceous and erythematous skin lesions.
Otherwise asymptomatic. Biopsy of right arm.

Case posted by Dr.Uma Sundram.
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IgorSC
I see slit-like spaces and vascular and spindle cell proliferation with vacuoles containing red blood cells. Kaposi sarcoma.

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Guest Giovanni Falconieri

Guest Giovanni Falconieri

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Agree. Kaposi sarcoma. Also distinctive spaces dissecting the collagen bundles, RBC extravasation ... along to a concerning clinical presentation

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Guest Romualdo

Guest Romualdo

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Focally glomeruloid vessels, dermal alterations resembling nodular fasciitis. I think this is cutaneous reactive angiomatosis.

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Guest
Agree with Kaposi. It was only yesterday that I saw a case of Kaposi (in a gastric biopsy).

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Guest Tiberiu Tebeica

Guest Tiberiu Tebeica

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My blinded diagnosis was diffuse dermal angiomatosis / reactive angioendotheliomatosis vs. Kaposi's sarcoma. In light of the clinical information, Kaposi's seems more likely. HHV-8 would be helpful.

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Robledo F. Rocha

Robledo F. Rocha 336

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In this clinical setting, microscopic images showing proliferation of jagged slit-like vascular spaces that dissect between collagen bundles and protude into a pre-existing vessel as a promontory sign make me think of Kaposi's sarcoma.

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Dr. Richard Carr

Dr. Richard Carr 622

Posted

I thought KS too but would always confirm now with HHV8.

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Arti Bakshi

Arti Bakshi 286

Posted

Agree with Kaposi's sarcoma. Thanks Uma for coming to Manchester and for your fantastic talks today!

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Uma Sundram

Uma Sundram 169

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[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]Kaposi sarcoma. HHV-8 was positive.[/size][/font]

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Uma Sundram

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Dear friends, and colleagues in Manchester, Thank you for the opportunity to come to Manchester. The forum was amazing and I had a wonderful time. My thanks to Mark as well for his wonderful mentorship and the opportunity to participate in dermpathpro. It's been an amazing learning experience and you all are really great dermatopathologists! Looking forward to more great cases in 2015.

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