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Basal and Squamous Cell CA Flashcards

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What are the two major types of non-melanoma skin cancer?

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Basal cell carcinoma

Squamous cell carcinoma

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True or false: BCC and SCC is rare in darkly pigmented ethnicities

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True

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Which is more common: BCC or SCC?

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BCC

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True or false: BCC rarely mets

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True

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What are the issues that arise from BCC, since only rarely does it metastasize?

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capable of local aggression and tissue destruction

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What areas of the skin are affected with BCC?

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Sun exposed areas of the skin, usually the head and neck

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What are the skin findings of BCC?

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Pearly papules or raised bordered ulcerations, often containing prominent, dilated subepidermal blood vessels (telangiectasias)

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Pearly papules with telangiectasia = ?

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BCC

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What is the treatment for BCC?

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Excision/ destruction or topical 5FU

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What is the MOA of 5FU?

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Inhibits thymidylate synthase, interrupting the action of the synthesis of thymidine

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What is the morpheaform variants of BCC?

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Scarred appearing area that is much more malignant

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What does the superficial variant of BCC look like?

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Eczema

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What does the pigmented variant of BCC look like?

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Seborrheic keratosis or melanoma

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What are the histological characteristics of BCC?

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Nodules that fill up the epidermis, with peripheral palisading cells

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Histology of: Nodules that fill up the epidermis, with peripheral palisading cells, and stromal retraction = ?

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BCC

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What are the histological characteristics of the morpheaform variant of BCC?

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Cord or small nests of that infiltrate everywhere

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17
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What is Gorlin syndrome?

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AD mutation of PTCH gene on chromosome 9

-PTCH is a tumor suppressor gene, that predisposes to BCC

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What are the features of Gorlin syndrome?

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  • BCCs
  • Epidermal cysts
  • Odontogenic keratocysts of jaw
  • Palmoplantar pits
  • Rib and vertebral abnormality
  • Ovarian fibromas
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What are some of the causes of SCC?

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  • UV exposure
  • HPV
  • Burn scars
  • Chronic irritation
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20
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When particularly should SCC be monitored for?

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Immunosuppressed patients

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What are the skin characteristics of SCC?

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firm, hyperkeratotic plaques with erosions and crusts

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firm, hyperkeratotic plaques with erosions and crusts = ?

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SCC

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23
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SCC often arises in or associated with what disease?

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Actinic keratoses

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What is the usual course of SCC?

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Locally destructive

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25
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Is what areas of the body is SCC more likely to metastasize? (3)?

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Ear
Lip
Genitalia

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What is the metastatic potential of most SCC? What increases the risk of metastases?

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Low: 0.5%

If in burn scars of osteomyelitis, then 20-60% chance

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What is the treatment for SCC?

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Excision or radiation

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What are the histological characteristics of SCC?

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Eosinophilic papillae that invade into the dermis

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What are the cells that gives rise to melanoma, SCC, and BCC respectively?

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Melanoma = melanocytes
SCC = spinous layer
BCC = Basal cells
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30
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What happens when SCC wraps around nerves?

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Follow the course of the nerve in the perineural sheath

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What are the four major prognostic factors for SCC?

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  • Size
  • Depth of invasion
  • Neurotropism
  • Acantholytic pattern
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32
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A size greater than how many cm is a poor prognostic indicator for SCC?

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More than 4 cm

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33
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What type of histological findings are a poor prognostic indicator for SCC? (2)

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  • Depth of invasion

- Acantholytic pattern

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What is Verrucous carcinoma?

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Low grade variant of SCC that recurrs commonly, but rarely metastasizes

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What areas of the body are particularly affected with verrucous carcinoma?

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Sole of foot or sinus tract

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What is the anogenital verrucous carcinoma?

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Condyloma variant of HPV infection (usually 6 and 11)

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How hard is it to control anogenital verrucous carcinoma?

38
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Is verrucous carcinoma endophytic or exophytic?

39
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What is keratoacanthoma?

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Rapidly developing neoplasm that clinically and histologically resembles well differentiated SCC

40
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What are the skin findings of keratoacanthoma?

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Flesh colored, dome shaped nodules with a central, keratin-filled plug with a crater like topography

41
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What is the treatment for keratoacanthoma?

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Surgical excision

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How fast does keratoacanthoma progress?

43
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Flesh colored, dome shaped nodules with a central, keratin-filled plug with a crater like topography = ?

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keratoacanthoma

44
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Who usually gets keratoacanthoma?

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Old people chronically exposed to the sun

45
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What are the histological characteristics of keratoacanthoma?

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Keratin filled crater that pushes into the dermis, often with glassy cells

46
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What is actinic keratosis?

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Squamous dysplasia of the skin, usually as a result of chronic exposure to sunlight and associated with build up of excess keratin

47
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What are the skin findings of actinic keratosis?

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Papules less than 1 cm, tan-brown, red or skin colored lesions that has a sandpaper quality

48
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How do you prevent and treat actinic keratosis?

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Prevent : sunscreen

Treat: cryosurgery or 5FU

49
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What is the premalignant lesion for SCC?

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Actinic keratosis

50
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What are the histological characteristics of AK?

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Dysplasia along the base or the epidermis, without involving the full thickness

51
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What are the histological differences between AK, SCC in situ, and SCC?

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  • AK= not full thickness dysplasia
  • SCC in situ = full thickness dysplasia without BM penetration
  • SCC = above + penetration
52
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What is bowenoid papulosis? Who does it occur in? Skin findings?

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  • Anogenital variant of SCCIS, that usually occurs in sexuallary active adults
  • Multiple small, reddish brown papule
53
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Multiple small, reddish brown papules in the anogenital area = ?

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Bowenoid papulosis

54
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What xeroderma pigmentosum? Inheritance pattern? Skin findings?

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  • AR defect in nucleotide excision repair

- Sunburn with minimal sun exposure, and AKs at early age

55
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What is the median age of skin cancer with xeroderma pigmentosum?

56
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What is the role of Merkel cells in the skin? What cells are they derived from?

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  • Light touch sensors

- Neural crest cells

57
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What are the areas of body that are affected with merkel cell carcinoma?

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head and neck or extremities on old people

58
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What does merkel cell carcinoma resemble?

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metastatic small cell CA from lung or certain lymphomas

59
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What is the prognosis for merkel cell carcinoma?

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Aggressive CA–poor survival rates, with high recurrences

60
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What is the treatment for merkel cell carcinoma?

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Aggressive surgery with sentinel lymph node bx

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What are the skin findings of merkel cell carcinoma?

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Reddish papules

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What are the histological characteristic of merkel cell carcinoma?

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Sheets of small, basophilic cells

63
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What are the most common cancers that met to the skin in males? (2)

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  • Lung

- colon

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What is the most common cancer that mets to the skin in females?

65
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What are the skin findings of inflammatory breast carcinoma? What causes this?

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  • Peau d’orange

- inflammatory cells in the lymphatics tethers the skin down

66
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What is the sister mary joseph nodule?

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Umbilical nodule, usually related to stomach of pancreatic malignancy

67
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What are the histological findings of metastatic RCC?

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Nodules of clear cells separated by thin capillaries

68
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What is mammary Paget’s disease associated with?

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Underlying mammary ductal CA

69
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What does paget’s disease of the breast look like?

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Eczema or psoriasis

70
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What is the area of the body that is commonly affected with extramammary Paget’s disease?

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Anogenital region

71
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Which gender is more commonly affected with extramammary Paget’s disease?

72
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What are the histological findings of EMPD?

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Large, clear cells that percolate through the epidermis

73
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What is atypical fibroxanthoma?

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Cutaneous pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma

74
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What areas of the body are usually affected with atypical fibroxanthoma?

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Sun exposed areas and actinically damaged areas, (head and neck)

75
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What are the skin findings of atypical fibroxanthoma?

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Firm, solitary nodule +/- ulcerations

76
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What are the histological characteristics of AFX?

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Pleomorphic spindle cell tumor with increased mitotic activity

77
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True or false: AFX is a diagnosis of exclusion

78
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How do you treat AFX?

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Cut it out

79
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True or false: AFX usually does not met

80
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What are the three major situations where you will see angiosarcomas?

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  • Idiopathic
  • Lymphedema associated
  • Post-irradiation
81
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All forms of angiosarcoma have what mortality rate?

82
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What are the skin characteristics of angiosarcomas?

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Black, vascular lesion

83
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What is Stewart Treves syndrome?

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A lymphangiosarcoma, a rare complication that forms as a result of chronic, long-standing lymphedema, commonly seen in breast cancer patient that had lymph nodes removed

84
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How do you differentiate between radiation related lymphedema, and Stewart treves syndrome?

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radiation related will present much sooner–Stewart treves syndrome takes years to develop

85
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What are the histological characteristics of angiosarcoma?

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Irregular blood vessels that infiltrate throughout the dermis, and are lined by pleomorphic cells

86
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What are the 4 major types of kaposi’s sarcoma?

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  • Classic
  • AIDS related
  • Immunosuppressed
  • African / sub saharan
87
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What is the infectious agent that is related to Kaposi’s sarcoma?

88
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What are the skin findings of Kaposi’s sarcoma?

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nodules or blotches that may be red, purple, brown, or black, and are usually papular

89
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What are the histological characteristics of Kaposi’s sarcoma?

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Vessels within vessels as well as eosinophilic bodies of cells

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