Lung tumor
Mesenchymal
Kaposi sarcoma
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PubMed Search: Kaposi sarcoma pulmonary
Mesenchymal
Kaposi sarcoma
Author: Deepali Jain, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 September 2012
Minor changes: 23 October 2019
Copyright: 2003-2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Kaposi sarcoma pulmonary
Table of Contents
Definition / general | Case reports | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Jain D. Kaposi sarcoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lungtumorkaposi.html. Accessed June 3rd, 2020.
Definition / general
- Usually associated with AIDS, HHV8 infection; also immunocompromise, organ transplant
- Diffuse reticulonodular pulmonary infiltrates, solitary lung nodules, or pleural effusions
- Tumor follows lymphatic channels
- Detection of HHV8 DNA is highly specific and sensitive for diagnosis of pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma
Case reports
- 42 year old HIV+ man with chronic coughing and congestion, lung biopsy (Case of the Week #336)
Gross description
- Discrete dark red hemorrhagic nodules with growth along septa and infiltration of small airways, pulmonary arteries, veins
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Case of the Week #336:
Various images - 42 year old man
