Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 9 , Pages 654-656, September 2010

Classic Kaposi’s sarcoma in Han Chinese and useful tools for differential diagnosis

  • Xin Wang

      Affiliations

    • The Ninth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China
    • The Third People’s Hospital of Wuxi, Jiangsu, PR China
    • ,
  • Xing Wang

      Affiliations

    • The First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, PR China
    • ,
  • Deguang Liang

      Affiliations

    • Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
    • ,
  • Ke Lan

      Affiliations

    • Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, PR China
    • ,
  • Wei Guo

      Affiliations

    • The Ninth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: The Ninth Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 639 Zhi Zao Ju Road, Shanghai, PR China. Tel.: +86 21 50398070; mobile: +86 13901685814.
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  • Guoxin Ren

      Affiliations

    • The Ninth People’s Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: The Ninth Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 639 Zhi Zao Ju Road, Shanghai, PR China. Tel.: +86 21 50398070.

Received 3 April 2010; received in revised form 4 June 2010; accepted 5 June 2010. published online 26 July 2010.

Summary 

Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a common AIDS-related malignant neoplasm in the head and neck region, especially in the oral cavity, but is rarely described in the HIV-negative and non-immunosuppressed individual. Our case is of interest, because it is the first case in which manifestation of the KS occurred in the face and head areas in a patient with a Han ethnic background who had an adequate immune system. The lesions were diagnosed as angiosarcomas twice. The clinical presentation, therapeutic options, and tools for differentiating Kaposi sarcoma from other vascular and nonvascular spindle cell lesions are presented, and the relevant literature is reviewed.

Keywords: Kaposi’s sarcoma, Chinese, Head, Face, Differential diagnosis

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PII: S1368-8375(10)00186-7

doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.06.003

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 9 , Pages 654-656, September 2010

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