From: Diagnosing Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) in East Africa: how accurate are clinicians and pathologists?
Sample of pathologic diagnoses made by U.S. dermatopathologists when KS was not present | |||
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Scar (n=9) | Post-inflammatory pigmentation (9) | Psoriasis (8) | Lymphoma (5) |
Wart (5) | Bacillary angiomatosis (4) | Morphea (4) | Sarcoidosis (2) |
Polyarteritis nodosa (2) | Pyogenic granuloma (2) | Mycobacterial dermatitis (2) | Lichen planus (2) |
Dermatofibroma (2) | Castleman’s Disease (1) | Squamous cell carcinoma (1) | Deep fungal infection (1) |
Secondary syphilis (1) | Erythema multiforme (1) | Eccrine poroma (1) | Xanthoma (1) |