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Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a locally aggressive multicentric mucocutaneous malignant neoplasm. The aim of this article is to report and discuss the immunohistochemical profile of a rare case of classic primary Oral Kaposi’s sarcoma presenting on the hard palate of a female patient which was non-HIV and was not immunocompromised.References
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