Acroangiodermatitis or pseudo-Kaposi’s sarcoma: a challenging diagnosis

Autor: Hanan Ragragui; Ouasmin, Soraya Aouali, Nada Zizi, Siham Dikhaye
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Polish
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nasza Dermatologia Online, Vol 12, Iss e, Pp e72-e72 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2081-9390
DOI: 10.7241/ourd.2021e.72
Popis: Acroangiodermatitis (AAD), also referred to as pseudo-Kaposi’s sarcoma, is a vascular-proliferative disease characterized by reactive proliferation of small blood vessels in response to congenital or acquired vascular lesions. There are mainly two clinical variants of acroangiodermatitis; STEWART-BLUEFARB syndrome and the Malian type. There is clinical and histological similarity with Kaposi’s sarcoma hence the interest of immunohistochemical analysis. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with cutaneous lesions localized on the lower limbs. Clinical, dermoscopic, histological and immunohistochemical investigation led to a diagnosis of Kaposi-like acroangiodermatitis.
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