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FRANCESCO RONCHESE, M.D.; ARTHUR B. KERN, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1957;75(3):418-427.

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Lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma may Resemble cysts, bullae, lymphangioma circumscriptum, hemangioma, lymphoma, and granuloma pyogenicum.¹ In the early stages the histopathologic finding is inflammation, whereas in the later stages the neoplastic features are most marked. As a result, depending on which elements predominate, the picture may be that of a hemangioma, lymphangioma, granuloma, fibroma, spindle-cell sarcoma, or angiosarcoma.

We have recently observed two patients with Kaposi's sarcoma who presented unusual cystic masses in addition to the lesions more characteristic of the disease. A search of the literature disclosed the statement in many articles on Kaposi's sarcoma that cystlike tumors may rarely be observed. However, only a few specific reports concerning such lesions have been published in the literature.

Pelagatti,² in 1905, was perhaps the first to give a description of such a malformation. It involved a wrist, with features "never, by . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Providence, R. I.

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Received for publication Aug. 14, 1956.

Read before the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif., June 18, 1956.

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