title: [Importance of Perls stain in histologic diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma].
abstract: The authors studied 27 cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, 23 cases of pyogenic granuloma, 18 cases of hemangioma, 17 cases of stasis dermatitis and 9 cases of dermatofibroma. In all these cases, they used the hematoxylin-eosin stain and Perls' stain', and they showed the presence of hemosiderin in all the cases of Kaposi's sarcoma and stasis dermatitis. The hemangioma and the dermatofibroma presented 50% of positivity, and the pyogenic granuloma, only 26.1%.
authors.affiliation: Département de Dermatologie, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brésil.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nagasse
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Michalany
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000473:pathology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*