title: Lymphangioma-like Kaposi sarcoma of the oral mucosa.
abstract: With the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, the clinical and histopathological features of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) became routine for most practicing surgical pathologists. The histological spectrum of KS broadened significantly over time and today a wide variety of rare histological variants are reported, but not widely recognized. Lymphangioma-like KS (LLKS) is a rare histological variant of KS occurring in skin, with banal histological features that can lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate therapy. We report a series of intra-oral cases of LLKS and review the literature regarding this lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center - Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX 75246, USA. pavithra.kannan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pavithra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pugalagiri
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: Darren P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Harvey P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Yi-Shing L
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000473:pathology*