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case_images: Computed tomography showing multiple pulmonary nodules (a) and retroperitoneal lymph nodes (b).
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case_images: A computed tomography performed preoperatively allowed to fortuitous detection of several pulmonary nodules and multiple intraperitoneal lymph nodes (Figure 1).
case_images: Microscopic findings of small bowel specimen showing atypical spindle cells with extravasated erythrocytes and capillaries (HES x100).
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case_images: Histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of kaposi's sarcoma of small bowel with lymph nodes extension (Figure 2); tumoral cells showed strong positivity in the nuclei for HHV-8, CD34 and CD31 (Figure 3).
case_images: Immunohistochemical analysis showing the positivity for CD31 and CD34 (a) and the strong immunoreactivity for HHV-8 in the nuclei (b).
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case_images: Histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis of kaposi's sarcoma of small bowel with lymph nodes extension (Figure 2); tumoral cells showed strong positivity in the nuclei for HHV-8, CD34 and CD31 (Figure 3).