Histological variants of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma
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Histological variants of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the broad clinicopathologic spectrum of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma (KS) lesions. Variants discussed include: usual KS lesions associated with disease progression (i.e. patch, plaque and nodular stage); morphologic subtypes alluded to in the older literature such as anaplastic and telangiectatic KS, as well as several lymphedematous variants; and nu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diagnostic Pathology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1746-1596
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-3-31