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: 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 with disseminated, bizarrely configured, reddish-brown plaques, sometimes in a striped arrangement.
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: Detailed view. reddish-brown, surface-smooth plaques and nodules. conspicuously a yellow-grey halo around the lesions (microbleeding).
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 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.
EndemicKaposi 's sarcoma Multiple, chronically stationary, since 2 years imperceptibly growing, 1.0-4.0 cm large, firm, indolent, blue-black, smooth nodules on unchanged skin in the area of the lower leg in an elderly patient.
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. chronic (classic) Kaposi's sarcoma, 75-year-old turkish pat. with several years old, in recent months clearly progressive, borderline, reddish-livid, smooth plaques and blue-black nodules. centrifugal spread of the skin lesions.
Kaposi's sarcoma. 80-year-old patient with CML, which has been known for many years, has reddish-livid, rough plaques in the area of both plantae and cherry-sized, slightly bleeding tumor nodes in the area of both lower legs.
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: 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.
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