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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb 3;104(2):410-411.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1097.

Colesional Cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma and Cryptococcosis

Abdullah Ismail  1 , Silindile Sibisi  2 , Sugeshnee Pather  1
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Case Reports

Colesional Cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma and Cryptococcosis

Abdullah Ismail et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Ethics approval for this article was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committee at the University of the Witwatersrand (certificate number: M171087), and written consent for publication was obtained from the patient.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Lymphedema, violaceous nodules, and warty appearance of the lower limbs. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Colesional Kaposi sarcoma (inset displays HHV-8 immunoreactivity) and cryptococcosis (H&E stain at ×100 magnification). This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Colesional cryptococcosis (Alcian blue stain inset) and Kaposi sarcoma (H&E stain at ×200 magnification). This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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