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Kaposi's sarcoma. 37-year-old man infected with HIV has some circumscribed, symptomless, red plaques in the area of the nose. development within one month. conspicuous follicular accentuation in the lesions. smooth skin surface, no scaling. similar skin changes still exist on palmae and plantae as well as on the glans penis. development within one month.


Kaposi's sarcoma endemic: detailed view. reddish-brown, surface smooth plaques and nodules in advanced disease.

Kaposi sarcoma (Overview: HIV-induced Kaposi sarcoma, detailed view

Kaposi's sarcoma: disseminated angiosarcoma. Randomly distributed, non-itching and non-painful, red-brown papules and nodules.

Kaposi's sarcoma:Generalization of angiosarcoma. Disseminated spots and flat plaques. Characteristic is the arrangement in the tension lines of the skin, whereby a striped arrangement is recognizable in places.

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic (overview): HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma with disseminated, bizarrely configured, reddish-brown plaques, partly in a striped pattern arranged in the cleavage lines.

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic (overview): HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma. reflected light microscopy.

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic (overview): HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma with disseminated, bizarrely configured, reddish-brown plaques, sometimes in a striped arrangement.

Kaposi's sarcoma HIV-associated: disseminated, reddish-brown, completely symptom-free spots and plaques.

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic: Dissemination of the angiosarcoma.

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic: Dissemination of the angiosarcoma in the skin. Characteristic arrangement of the foci in the cleavage lines. In places the foci merge into larger plaques.

Kaposi's sarcoma endemic: Close-up with reddish-brown, bizarrely configured, longitudinally aligned, completely symptom-free plaques.

Kaposi's sarcoma endemic: detailed view with disseminated plaques

Kaposi's sarcoma endemic: Detailed view. reddish-brown, surface-smooth plaques and nodules. conspicuously a yellow-grey halo around the lesions (microbleeding).

Kaposi's sarcoma endemic: Detailed picture with arrangement of the sarcomas in the tension lines of the skin.

Kaposi's sarcoma HIV-associated or epidemic: Close-up. circine, brown-red patches; surface shiny, normal puckering.

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic (overview): HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma with disseminated, bizarrely configured, reddish-brown plaques, sometimes in a striped arrangement.

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic: Dissemination of the angiosarcoma in the skin. Here individual nodes on the arm. Notice the yellow-green halo around the nodes.

Kaposi's sarcoma HIV-associated: circumscribed, sharply defined, symptom-free large-area plaque

Kaposi's sarcoma HIV-associated: red-brown, symptomless plaques

Kaposi sarcoma HIV-associated: flat, symptomless plaques; HIV infection known for several years.

Kaposi's sarcoma endemic: chronically stationary, flat, along the skin cleavage lines localized, sharply defined, violet colored, scaly, rough, consistency increased, flatly elevated, painful plaque in a 60 year old woman; partially disseminated, blue-black papules and nodules are found on the inner side of the thigh

Kaposi's sarcoma (endemic). detailed view of the endemic Kaposi's sarcoma with presentation of the flat-elevated hyperpigmented plaque. new foci seem to form in the marginal area. occurrence in the context of immunosuppression in known B-cell lymphoma.

Kaposi's sarcoma endemic. asymptomatic, brown to reddish-livid spots, papules and plaques as well as edema. smooth skin surface, no scaling. shown here is the endemic form which occurs mainly on the lower leg.

Kaposi's sarcoma endemic. asymptomatic, reddish to livid spots and papules as well as oedema. smooth skin surface without scaling. endemic form occurring on the lower leg.


Kaposi's sarcoma: Nodular stage of an HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma; sharply defined, reddish, darkly pigmented tumor with no symptoms and a slightly verrucous surface.

Kaposi's sarcoma HIV-associated

Kaposi's sarcoma HIV-associated

Kaposi's sarcoma epidemic (overview): HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma with disseminated, bizarrely configured, striped red-brown, symptom-free plaques.




HIV-associated Kaposisarcoma, reddish exophytic tumor of the gingiva and hard palate.

Kaposi sarcoma, HIV-induced

Kaposi's sarcoma Multiple, chronically stationary, livid-red to bluish plaques on the palate in a patient with HIV-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.

Kaposi's sarcoma: Multiple, chronically stationary, asymptomatic, non-painful, bluish-violet colored spots, plaques and flatter nodes on the back of the tongue.

Kaposi's sarcoma: overview of cutaneous spindle-cell nodes

Kaposi's sarcoma: cutaneous, spindle-cell type, detailed view

Kaposi sarcoma: HIV-induced (HHV-8 detection)

Kaposi's sarcoma: Lymphangioma-like variant of Kaposi's sarcoma; irregular, partially anastomosing vessels with prominent "hobnail" endothelials.

Kaposi's sarcoma. Irregular vessel with septa extending deep into the vascular lumen. Prominent endothelials are prominent. Erythrocyte cluster in the lumen.

Kaposi's sarcoma patch stage: A sparse perivascular lymphoplasmocytoid infiltrate around clearly increased, in places somewhat dilated vessels, imitating an unspecific inflammatory pattern.

Kaposi's sarcoma plaque stage (CD31), numerous arrow-shaped vascular slits, next to them irregularly configured lacunar vessels (image centre).

Kaposi's sarcoma detail (CD31) with numerous irregularly configured vessels bulging with erythrocytes; few siderophages.

Kaposi's sarcoma. 20 MHz sonography, diffuse, low-echo zone in the upper and middle corium.
