A case of Parkes-Weber syndrome accompanied by pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma / 中华皮肤科杂志

ABSTRACT

A girl who aged eight years and seven months presented with prunosus patches on the right buttock for 8 years,gradual unilateral enlargement of the right lower limb for more than 7 years,and multiple vegetations for 1 year.Dermatological examination showed nevus flammeus and multiple malodorous vegetations over the right lower limb with high skin temperature.The right lower limb was thicker and longer than the left lower limb.X-ray examination,magnetic resonance imaging and Doppler ultrasound examination revealed high-flow vascular malformations.Pathological examination of the vegetations showed vascular proliferation,fibroblast proliferation and erythrocyte extravasation.She was diagnosed as Parkes-Weber syndrome accompanied by pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma.