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Lung tumor
Mesenchymal
Kaposi sarcoma

Deepali Jain, M.D.

Topic Completed: 1 September 2012

Revised: 23 October 2019

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PubMed Search: Kaposi sarcoma pulmonary

Deepali Jain, M.D.
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Definition / general | Case reports | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) images
Cite this page: Jain D. Kaposi sarcoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lungtumorkaposi.html. Accessed November 15th, 2019.
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
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

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