Siddiqui Farhan, Al Ameer Mohammed A, Al-Khalaf Jawad, Al-Marzooq Yusef, Al Ameer Ali
Department of Laboratory and Blood Bank, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, SAU.
Department of Dermatology, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, SAU.
Cureus. 2023 Mar 21;15(3):e36486. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36486. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a low-grade vascular neoplasm associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection. The disease has various phases, and the morphology of the lesion may vary, especially in the early course of the disease, where the morphological features may not be even suggestive of Kaposi sarcoma. The authors take this opportunity to report a case of Kaposi sarcoma where the diagnosis was established because of HHV-8 staining rather than its histopathological features.
卡波西肉瘤(KS)是一种与人类疱疹病毒8型(HHV-8)感染相关的低度恶性血管肿瘤。该疾病有不同阶段,病变形态可能各异,尤其是在疾病早期,其形态特征甚至可能不提示为卡波西肉瘤。作者借此机会报告一例卡波西肉瘤病例,该病例是通过HHV-8染色而非组织病理学特征确诊的。