Publications by authors named "Alyssa D Higgins"

Kaposi sarcoma is a vascular endothelial neoplasm caused by human herpesvirus 8. Although it is a well-studied disease, little is known about the specific characteristics or epidemiology of Kaposi sarcoma in Afghanistan. The data consist primarily of anecdotal reports and epidemiological studies extrapolated from neighboring countries.

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A limited number of distinct histopathological variants of blue nevus exist, and hamartomatous proliferations involving melanocytic components, dendritic, or otherwise, have also been described. Blue nevus/smooth muscle hamartomas represent a rarely described entity. In this paper, we add two examples of this unusual hamartoma to the existing literature.

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