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African cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	C 46.0
ICD-9	176.0
ICD-O:	M 9140/3

African cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma presents with nodular, infiltrative, vascular masses on the extremities, mostly in men between the ages of 20 and 50, and is endemic in tropical Africa.^[1]^:599

References

^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

Vascular tissue neoplasm (ICD-O 9120–9179) (C49+C46/D18, 171+176/215)

Blood

Hemangioma/hemangiosarcoma · Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome · Hemangioendothelioma (Infantile hemangioendothelioma · Endovascular papillary hemangioendothelioma · Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma · Spindle cell hemangioendothelioma · Composite hemangioendothelioma · Proliferating angioendotheliomatosis · Retiform hemangioendothelioma) · Hemangiopericytoma · Angiokeratoma · Capillary hemangioma (Hemangioblastoma) · Cavernous hemangioma · Venous lake

Kaposi's sarcoma: African cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma · African lymphadenopathic Kaposi sarcoma · AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma · Classic Kaposi sarcoma · Immunosuppression-associated Kaposi sarcoma · Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma

Angioma serpiginosum · Cherry angioma · Glomeruloid hemangioma · Microvenular hemangioma · Spider angioma · Targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma · Tufted angioma · Universal angiomatosis

Angiokeratoma · Angiokeratoma of Mibelli · Angiolipoma

Pyogenic granuloma

Lymphatic

Lymphangioma/lymphangiosarcoma · PEComa (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis) · Cystic hygroma · Lymphangioma circumscriptum

Multifocal lymphangioendotheliomatosis · Acquired progressive lymphangioma · Lymphangiomatosis

Either

Angioma/angiosarcoma · Angiofibroma

M: VAS

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