Unique histologic variants of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-250

  O'Donnell, Patrick J ^a   Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Grayson, Wayne ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ampath Trust   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Kaposi sarcoma; Pathology; Skin; Variant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR CELL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD31; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951763771     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181b7f6a7     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Ackerman AB. Histologic features of Kaposi's sarcoma and simulators of it. In: Kaposi's Sarcoma. Jamaica, New York: Cerimele D. Spectrum Publications Inc; 1985:71-79.
2. Templeton AC. Pathology. In: Ziegler JL, Dorfman RF, eds. Kaposi's Sarcoma: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc; 1988:23-70.
3. Ackerman AB, Gottlieb GJ. Atlas of the gross and microscopic features. In: Gottlieb GJ, Ackerman AB, eds. Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Text and Atlas. Philadelphia, PA: Lea and Febiger; 1988:29-72.
4. Sangüeza OP, Requena L. Malignant neoplasms. Kaposi's sarcoma. In: Sangüeza OP, Requena L, eds. Pathology of Vascular Skin Lesions. Clinicopathologic Correlations. Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press; 2003: 217-235.
5. Patel RM, Goldblum JR, Hsi ED. Immunohistochemical detection of human herpes virus-8 latent nuclear antigen-1 is useful in the diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma. Mod Pathol. 2004;17:456-460.
6. Urquhart JL, Uzieblo A, Kohler S. Detection of HHV-8 in pyogenic granuloma-like Kaposi sarcoma. Am J Dermatopathol. 2006;28:317-321.
7. Schwartz RA. Kaposi's sarcoma: an update. J Surg Oncol. 2004;87: 146-151.
8. Jessop S. HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma. Dermatol Clin. 2006:509-520.
9. Pantanowitz L, Duke WH. Lymphoedematous variants of Kaposi's sarcoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2008;22:118-120.
10. Grayson W, Pantanowitz L. Histological variants of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma. Diagn Pathol. 2008;3:31.
11. Konstantinopoulos PA, Dezube BJ, Pantanowitz L. Morphologic and immunophenotypic evidence of in-situ Kaposi's sarcoma. BMC Clin Pathol. 2006;6:7.
12. Pantanowitz L, Dezube BJ, Pinkus GS, et al. Histological characterization of regression in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related Kaposi's sarcoma. J Cutan Pathol. 2004;31:26-34.
13. Chan JKC, Fletcher CDM, Hicklin GA, et al. Glomeruloid hemangioma. A distinctive cutaneous lesion of multicentric Castleman's disease associated with POEMS syndrome. Am J Surg Pathol. 1990;14:1036-1046.
14. Rongioletti F, Gambini C, Lerza R. Glomeruloid hemangioma. A cutaneous marker of POEMS syndrome. Am J Dermatopathol. 1994;16: 175-178.
15. Wilson-Jones E, Orkin M. Tufted angioma (angioblastoma). A benign progressive angioma, not to be confused with Kaposi's sarcoma or low grade angiosarcoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1989;20:214-225.
16. Kumakiri M, Muramoto F. Tsukinaga I.Muramoto F. Tsukinaga I. Crystalline lamellae in the endothelial cells of a type of hemangioma characterized by the proliferation of immature endothelial cells and pericytes-angioblastoma (Nakagawa). J Am Acad Dermatol. 1983;8:68-75.
17. Lyons LL, North PE, Mac-Moune Lai F, et al. Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: a study of 33 cases emphasizing its pathologic, immunophenotypic, and biologic uniqueness from juvenile hemangioma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2004;28:559-568.
18. Dictor M, Anderson C. Lymphaticovenous differentiation in Kaposi's sarcoma. Cellular phenotypes by stage. Am J Pathol. 1988;130:411-417.
19. Snyder RA, Schwartz RA. Telangiectatic Kaposi's Sarcoma. Occurrence in a patient with thymoma and myasthenia gravis receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy. Arch Dermatol. 1982;118:1020-1021.
20. Caljone E, Fletcher CDM. Sinusoidal hemangioma: a distinctive benign vascular neoplasm within the group of cavernous hemangiomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 1991:15:1130-1135.
21. Weiss SW, Goldblum JR. Enzinger and Weiss's Soft Tissue Tumors. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby; 2001:837-890.
22. Schwartz RA, Spicer MS, Janninger CK, et al. Ecchymotic Kaposi's sarcoma. Cutis. 1995;56:104-106.
23. Bassioukas K, Zioga A, Hantschke, et al. Hemorrhagic Kaposi sarcoma. Successful treatment with IFN-alpha. Eur J Dermatol. 2004;14:37-40.
24. Izumi M, Mochizuki M, Kuroda M, et al. Angiomyoid proliferative lesion: an unusual stroma-rich variant of Castleman's disease of hyaline-vascular type. Virchows Arch. 2002;441:400-405.
25. Caljone E, Fletcher CDM. Myoid differentiation in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and its fibrosarcomatous variant: clinicopathologic analysis of 5 cases. J Cutan Pathol. 1996;23:30-36.
26. Lothe F. Kaposi's sarcoma in Uganda Africans. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand. 1963(Suppl 161):1-71.
27. Fletcher CDM, Theaker JM, Flanagan A, et al. Pigmented dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (Bednár tumour): melanocytic colonization or neuroectodermal differentiation? A clinocopathological and immunohistochemical study. Histopathology. 1988;13:631-643.
28. Satta R, Cossu S, Massarelli G, et al. Anaplastic transformation of classic Kaposi's sarcoma: clinicopathological study of five cases. Br J Dermatol. 2001;145:847-849.