An "Anaplastic" Kaposi's sarcoma mimicking a Stewart-Treves Syndrome. A case report and a review of literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-268

  Salameire, Dimitri ^a   Templier, Isabelle ^a   Charles, Julie ^a   Pinel, Nicole ^a   Morand, Patrice ^a   Leccia, Marie Thérése ^a   Lantuejoul, Sylvie ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphedema; Cutaneous angiosarcoma; Herpes human virus 8 (HHV8); Kaposi sarcoma; Stewart Treves syndrome

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; ASSEMBLY PROTEIN, HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; DNA; TUMOR MARKER; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SKIN BIOPSY; STEWART TREVES SYNDROME; ANGIOSARCOMA; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SYNDROME; VIROLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 45849085396     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318169fd5f     Document Type: Article

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