Kaposi's sarcoma differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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Differentiating Kaposi's sarcoma from other Diseases

Kaposi's sarcoma should be differentiated form the following diseases.

• Lesions in skin:

• Skin cancer
• Seborrheic Keratosis
• Erythematous lupus

• Leisons in lung:

• Lung cancer
• Metastatic lung cancer

• Lesions in gastrointestinal tract

• Peptic ulcer
• Gastrointestinal tract cancer
• Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis