Clinical Study

Clinicopathological Proficiency in the Diagnosis of Kaposi's Sarcoma

Table 5

Histological diagnostic discordance before immunohistochemistry.

PathologyOverdiagnosis of KS 𝑛 (%)Underdiagnosis of KS 𝑛 (%)Total discordance rate 𝑛 (%)

Seborrheic keratosis8 (29.6)7 (38.9)15 (33.3)
Fibrous histiocytoma9 (33.3)3 (16.7)12 (26.7)
Pyogenic granuloma5 (18.5)5 (27.8)10 (22.2)
Drug reaction vasculitis3 (11.1)3 (16.7)6 (13.3)
Haemangioma2 (7.4)2 (4.4)

Total271841/490 (9.2)