A Case of Extensive Classic Kaposi' s Sarcoma Showing Good Response to Radiotherapy.
- Author:
Jin Gyun AHN
;
Young Suck RO
;
Jae Hong KIM
;
Chan Kum PARK
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Kaposis Sarcoina;
Radiotherapy
- MeSH:
Aged;
Biopsy;
Erythrocytes;
Humans;
Hyperpigmentation;
Radiotherapy*;
Sarcoma*;
von Willebrand Factor
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1994;32(6):1136-1141
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of classic Kaposis sarcoma(KS) in a 74-year-old man who had asymptomatic red-dish-blue or dark-brown macules, papules and nodules on his bo hower extrimities. The biopsy specimen showed typical histopathologic features of FS including a highly vascularized lesion with a proliferation of spindle-shaped cells accompanied by etravasated erythrocytes and variable number of inflammatery cells. Many of the spindle-shaped cells associated with the proliferating vessels in KS lesion expressed factor VIII-related antigen. He was treated with 1500 cGy of radiation(300 cGy per day for 5 successive day. Four weeks after radiotherpy, gross and histopathologic findings were mucl improved and healed leaving hyperpigmentation.
