Kaposi Sarcoma of the Adrenal Gland Resembling Epithelioid Angiosarcoma : A Case Report
Joint Authors
Meneghetti, Adam
Nielsen, Torsten O.
Huwait, Hassan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-08-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection are known to have increased risk of various neoplasms, including Kaposi sarcoma, which classically involves the skin and mucosal locations.
The anaplastic variant of Kaposi sarcoma is rare and poorly documented in the literature.
It is characterised clinically by a more aggressive behaviour and increased metastatic potential, and histologically by increased cellularity, mitotic rate, and rarely by epithelioid angiosarcoma-like morphology.
We report herein a 64-year-old man with a long-standing history of human immunodeficiency virus infection who developed a right adrenal tumor with a high-grade anaplastic angiosarcoma-like morphology.
Immunohistochemistry for human herpes virus-8 was strongly positive in the tumor cells.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an anaplastic Kaposi sarcoma in the adrenal gland.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Huwait, Hassan& Meneghetti, Adam& Nielsen, Torsten O.. 2011. Kaposi Sarcoma of the Adrenal Gland Resembling Epithelioid Angiosarcoma : A Case Report. Sarcoma،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Huwait, Hassan…[et al.]. Kaposi Sarcoma of the Adrenal Gland Resembling Epithelioid Angiosarcoma : A Case Report. Sarcoma No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Huwait, Hassan& Meneghetti, Adam& Nielsen, Torsten O.. Kaposi Sarcoma of the Adrenal Gland Resembling Epithelioid Angiosarcoma : A Case Report. Sarcoma. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-506458