43. Kaposi sarcoma: Difference between revisions

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(Created page with "'''Staining''': HE '''Organ''': Skin nodule '''Description''': We can see a large skin nodule. On each side of the nodule can we see healthy, normal skin. The skin nodule is comprised mostly of cells with elongated cytoplasm and nucleus. Between these cells are some small “cavities”, and some of them contain RBCs. '''Diagnosis''': Kaposi sarcoma '''Etiology''': * Classic type ** Older people ** Males * Endemic type ** Children in Africa * Transplantation-assoc...")
 
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'''Staining''': HE
[[File:Kaposi sarcoma overview.png|thumb|Overview of the slide]]'''Staining''': HE


'''Organ''': Skin nodule
'''Organ''': Skin nodule
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The skin nodule is comprised mostly of cells with elongated cytoplasm and nucleus. Between these cells are some small “cavities”, and some of them contain RBCs.
The skin nodule is comprised mostly of cells with elongated cytoplasm and nucleus. Between these cells are some small “cavities”, and some of them contain RBCs.


'''Diagnosis''': Kaposi sarcoma
'''Diagnosis''': Kaposi sarcoma[[File:Kaposi sarcoma spindle cells.png|thumb|Spindle cells]]'''Etiology''':
 
'''Etiology''':


* Classic type
* Classic type
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This is a poorly differentiated tumor, because of the pleomorphism and the fact that only primitive vessels are formed, and not mature vessels.
This is a poorly differentiated tumor, because of the pleomorphism and the fact that only primitive vessels are formed, and not mature vessels.
[[File:Kaposi sarcoma overview.png|center|thumb|Overview of the slide]]
[[File:Kaposi sarcoma spindle cells.png|center|thumb|Spindle cells]]
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]]
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]]