Table 2 |
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| Clinicopathological features of Kaposi sarcoma cases showing bullous morphology (nā=ā4) | ||||||
| Clinicopathological features | Cases | |||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | |||
| Age | 72 | 68 | 70 | 57 | ||
| Clinical features | Sex | M | M | F | M | |
| Location | Hand | Leg | Food | Neck | ||
| Histological stage | Nodular | Nodular | Nodular | Nodular | ||
| Histological component | UKS | LLKS | UKS | UKS | ||
| Hyperkeratosis | 2+ | 2+ | 3+ | 1+ | ||
| Epidermis | Papillomatosis | 0 | 0 | 1+ | 0 | |
| Atrophy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Histological features | Pigmentation | 1+ | 1+ | 0 | 0 | |
| Ulceration | 2+ | 1+ | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bull | IE | IE | IE | SE | ||
| Edema | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | ||
| Dermis | Fibrosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inflammation | 3+ | 2+ | 2+ | 1+ | ||
| Lymphangiectasia | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 2+ | ||
KS: Kaposi sarcoma, UKS: Usual KS, LLKS: Lymphangiom-like KS, PGLKS: Pyogenic granuloma-like KS, IE: Intraepidermal, SE: Subepidermal, F: Female, M: Male.
Kandemir et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2012 7:101 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-7-101