Histopathology of cutaneous lesions
Lessana-Leibowitch, M.; Choudat, L.
Annales de Pathologie 6(4-5): 297-299
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0242-6498 PMID: 3814269 Document Number: 282792
Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS syndrome differs in many ways from the typical nodular lesions observed in older patients. Clinical lesions are usually multiple with no predilection for the lower extremities; they usually present as small macules or patches with little or no infiltration, pink rather than deeply violaceous; indeed their clinical recognition may be difficult. Histological features of early patches of Kaposi are subtle: they are not as obvious as in well-developed nodular lesions: however certain precise clues exist which permit a correct diagnosis to be made.