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Pseudo-kaposi sarcoma (overview)I87.2

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 03.08.2021

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Acroangiodermatitis; PKS; Pseudoangiosarcomatosis; pseudocaposi sarcoma

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Reactive (benign) vascular proliferation caused by local changes in circulation (altered oxygen and/or pressure load), clinically and histologically reminiscent of Kaposi's sarcoma.

ClassificationThis section has been translated automatically.

The term pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma is used to describe 2 variants of acroangiodermatitis:

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).

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).

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

Treatment of the underlying disease, see there.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

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Last updated on: 03.08.2021

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer