Bacillary epithelioid angiomatosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)--clinicopathological and ultrastructural study of a case with a review of the literature

Selected cutaneous vascular neoplasms. A review

This article reviews the pathology of benign, borderline, and malignant vascular neoplasms of the skin. The classification of vascular lesions of childhood is presented. Defined variants of hemangioma (including sinusoidal, microvenular, glomeruloid, epithelioid, and targetoid hemosideric hemangioma, as well as acquired tufted hemangioma and angiofibroma) are discussed. Borderline hemangioendotheliomas are classified. Kaposi sarcoma is reviewed with an update on the role of human herpesvirus type 8 in its pathogenesis. Angiosarcoma and acquired progressive lymph-angioma are also discussed.

Bacillary angiomatosis with cutaneous and oral lesions in an HIV-infected patient from the U.K

We describe an HIV positive patient with histologically confirmed cutaneous and oral lesions of bacillary angiomatosis, an unusual clinical presentation. As far as we are aware, this is the first reported case of cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis in the U.K.