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Table 1 :

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

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)