Table-1  Differential feautures of Kaposi and pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma.

 

 

 

Kaposi Sarcoma

Pseudo-Kaposi Sarcoma

Mali type

 

Stewart-Bluefarb type

Vascular slits

+

-

-

Hyperplastic granulation tissue

Dilating endothelium

-

+

+

HHV-8

+

-

-

CD34

+

-

-

Factor-VIII associated antigen

-

+

+

Congenital AVM *

-

-

+

CVI **

-

+

-