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Table 1 Clinicopathological features of Kaposi sarcoma cases showing vesicular morphology (n = 21)

From: Histopathological analysis of vesicular and bullous lesions in Kaposi sarcoma

  

n

%

 

Age, mean ( min.- max.)

72.5 (35–84)

Clinical features

Sex

Female

6

29

  

Male

15

71

  

Head&Neck

0

0

 

Location

Trunk

4

19

  

Extremities

17

81

 

Histological sub-type

UKS

16

76

  

LKS

4

19

  

PGLKS

1

5

 

Histological stage

Patch

0

0

  

Plaque

0

0

  

Nodular

21

100

  

Hyperkeratosis

21

100

Histological features

 

Papillomatosis

2

10

  

Atrophy

0

0

 

Epidermis

Pigmentation

1

5

  

Ulceration

5

24

  

Vesicle

IE

17

84

   

SE

4

16

  

Edema

21

100

 

Dermis

Fibrosis

0

0

  

Inflammation

18

86

  

Lymphangiectasia

21

100

  1. KS: Kaposi sarcoma, UKS: Usual KS, LKS: Lymphangiectatic KS, PGLKS: Pyogenic granuloma-like KS, IE: Intraepidermal, SE: Subepidermal.