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. 2013 Jan;23(1):78-80.
doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.107221.

Post-renal transplant Kaposi's sarcoma of skin

D N Gera  1 , D K Yadav, S B Patil, M P Patel
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Post-renal transplant Kaposi's sarcoma of skin

D N Gera et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2013 Jan.
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Figure 1
Well-defined elevated violecious nodular lesions on dorsal aspect of middle and ring finger of left hand
Figure 2
Figure 2
Photomicrograph showing proliferation of small- to medium-sized vessels lined by endothelial cell and spindle-shaped cells suggestive of Kaposi sarcoma
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