Kaposi sarcoma

A rare vascular tumor that is characterized by human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8)-induced endothelial inflammatory neoplasm that develops with various clinically distinct settings, manifesting mostly as cutaneous lesions, or mucosal or visceral involvement.

Nevus flammeus

A congenital vascular malformation consisting of superficial and deep dilated capillaries in the skin which produce a reddish to purplish discolouration of the skin.


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PMID (PMCID)
10366096
 FEMALE Adult
Prepartum mixed type cavernous-capillary hemangioma arising in nevus flammeus.
Rumelt S, You TT, Remulla HD, Rubin PA, Jakobiec FA.
Ophthalmology. 1999;106(6):1219-22.
It was composed of mixed elements of cavernous and capillary hemangioma that superficially resembled Kaposi sarcoma, set against the background of a nevus flammeus.
10366096
 FEMALE Adult
Prepartum mixed type cavernous-capillary hemangioma arising in nevus flammeus.
Rumelt S, You TT, Remulla HD, Rubin PA, Jakobiec FA.
Ophthalmology. 1999;106(6):1219-22.
The differential diagnosis of discrete prepartum vascular tumor arising in nevus flammeus includes mixed capillary-cavernous hemangioma, pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma, granuloma gravidarum, and angiodermatitis.