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Table 2 Clinicopathological features of Kaposi sarcoma cases showing bullous morphology (n = 4)

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

Clinicopathological features

Cases

1.

2.

3.

4.

 

Age

72

68

70

57

Clinical features

Sex

M

M

F

M

 

Location

Hand

Leg

Food

Neck

 

Histological stage

Nodular

Nodular

Nodular

Nodular

 

Histological component

UKS

LLKS

UKS

UKS

  

Hyperkeratosis

2+

2+

3+

1+

 

Epidermis

Papillomatosis

0

0

1+

0

  

Atrophy

0

0

0

0

Histological features

 

Pigmentation

1+

1+

0

0

  

Ulceration

2+

1+

0

0

  

Bull

IE

IE

IE

SE

  

Edema

3+

3+

3+

3+

 

Dermis

Fibrosis

0

0

0

0

  

Inflammation

3+

2+

2+

1+

  

Lymphangiectasia

3+

3+

3+

2+

  1. KS: Kaposi sarcoma, UKS: Usual KS, LLKS: Lymphangiom-like KS, PGLKS: Pyogenic granuloma-like KS, IE: Intraepidermal, SE: Subepidermal, F: Female, M: Male.