Lymph node: Kaposi's sarcoma

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Lymph node: Kaposi's sarcoma. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) This is a high power view of a lymph node biopsy from an HIV-positive child in Africa. It shows the typical appearance of nodular KS: interlacing spindle cells with red blood cells in between. KS is formed from the proliferation of endothelial cells. H&E stain. See also image W0047315.

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