Benign vascular proliferation in a lymph node following acute toxoplasmosis. A differential diagnosis from Kaposi's sarcoma.
We describe an unusual intranodal vascular proliferation following acute toxoplasmosis in a man. This proliferation is distinct from other benign vasoformative nodal lesions. It could be interpreted as a reactive healing process that might be misdiagnosed as nodal Kaposi's sarcoma. Some criteria to avoid such misdiagnosis are presented.
Rousselet
M C
MC
Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHU, Angers, France.
Saint-André
J P
JP
Beaufils
J M
JM
Diebold
J
J
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000473:pathology*