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Reactive (benign) vascular proliferation caused by local changes in circulation (altered oxygen and/or pressure load), clinically and histologically reminiscent of Kaposi's sarcoma.
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The term pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma is used to describe 2 variants of acroangiodermatitis:
- Acroangiodermatitis of the Mali type.
- Stewart-Bluefarb type acroangiodermatitis (also known as Stewart-Bluefarb syndrome ).
Mali-type acroangiodermatitis is more common and is associated with chronic venous hypertension, whereas Stewart-Bluefarb type acroangiodermatitis is less common SBS and is associated with arteriovenous malformations or iatrogenic arteriovenous fistulas (Chea EPet al. 2019).
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
In chronic venous insufficiency: acroangiodermatitis
More rarely in AV shunts ( Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome), haemodialysis patients,: Stewart-Bluefarb syndrome
In exceptional cases in paralytic extremities, amputation stumps
In obesity (diagnosis of exclusion).
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LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Alshihry H et al (2014) Pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma worsening after leg vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Saudi Med 34:179-181
- Brenner S et al (2001) What's new in pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 15: 382-384.
Chea EPet al (2019) Acroangiodermatitis of Mali and Stewart-Bluefarb syndrome. Cutis 103:336-339.
- Donhauser G et al (1991) Pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma in Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome. Dermatologist 42: 467-470
- Goldblum OM et al (1985) Pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma of the hand associated with an acquired, iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula. Arch Dermatol 121: 1038-1040
- Hwang SM et al (1999) Pincer nail deformity and pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma: complications of an artificial arteriovenous fistula for haemodialysis. Br J Dermatol 141: 1129-1132
- Kutlubay Z et al (2015) Pseudo-kaposi's sarcoma (acroangiodermatitis): occurring after bullous erysipelas. Dermatol Online J 18: 21
- Rüdlinger R (1985) Kaposiform acroangiodermatitis (pseudocaposi). Dermatologist 36: 65-68
- Singh SK et al (2014) Acroangiodermatitis (pseudo-caposi sarcoma). Indian Dermatol Online J 5:323-32
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Acroangiodermatitis; Pseudoangiosarcomatosis; Pseudosarcoma of the skin; Stewart's bluefarb syndrome;Outgoing links (5)
Acroangiodermatitis; Chronic venous insufficiency (overview); Kaposi's sarcoma (overview); Klippel-trénaunay syndrome; Stewart's bluefarb syndrome;Disclaimer
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