Classic Kaposi sarcoma with sarcoid-like granulomas: A case report and literature review

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-93

  Onak Kandemir, Nilufer ^a   Yurdakan, Gamze ^a   Bektas, Sibel ^a   Tekin, Nilgun Solak ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Kaposi sarcoma; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY;

AGED; CANCER TISSUE; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; FOOT DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPINDLE CELL;

AGED; FOOT; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349399214     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2009.07.010     Document Type: Review

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