Kaposi sarcoma presenting as dermal nodule.
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a rare tumour caused by human herpes virus 8. It is a systemic disease which can present with skin lesions with or without internal involvement. We are presenting here a case of classic subtype of KS in a 60-year-old male who presented with a 4-month history of nodular lesion over right hand.
Department of Pathology, JN Medical College, Aligarh, India.
Kiran
K
Alam
Veena
V
Maheshwari
Manoranjan
M
Varshney
Mehar
M
Aziz
Mohammad
M
Shahid
Mahfooz
M
Basha
Kavita
K
Gaur
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology