Kaposi’s sarcoma

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 Author(s): Ignacio Gómez Martín, Pedro Zaballos

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Description	Dermoscopy of Kaposi sarcoma
Author(s)	Pedro Zaballos · Ignacio Gómez Martín
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Status update	August 15, 2017
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Vascular proliferation caused by human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). It is considered a low-grade malignant vascular tumor. There are four recognized clinical subsets of Kaposi’s sarcoma: classic, endemic, iatrogenic, and HIV related. Clinically the cutaneous lesions begin as reddish-blue macules or plaques that gradually enlarge and become nodular.

Dermoscopy:

• Homogeneous pattern with differing colors (i.e., whitish, pinkish, reddish, bluish, or violaceous) in different lesions in the same patient.
• Rainbow-like appearance: multicolored areas showing various colors of the rainbow spectrum. This sign is not pathognomonic of Kaposi’s sarcoma and it is only seen with polarized light dermoscopy.
• Whitish structureless areas, vascular structures, scale, and a white collarette may also be seen.
  

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