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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2003; 31 (1)

Angioma Serpiginosum

Yáñez- Díaz S, Val-Bernal JF, González-López M, Fernández-Llaca JH

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 34-37
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ABSTRACT

Angioma serpiginosum is a rare condition of unknown etiology. This process usually begins in chilhood or adolescence. Females being are commonly more affected than males. Although there are familial forms most cases are sporadic. This condition is characterized by the appearing of multyple, asymptomatic pin-sized, vascular erythematous of purpuric lesions that progress slowly, and adopt a serpiginous pattern of distribution. The lesions locate on any part of the body and do not regress.
Histologically, single or grouped, ectatic, congested, capillary vessels in the papillary dermis and occasionally in the upper reticular dermis are observed. We here report two adolescent patients with angioma serpiginosum. One case was a female who presented typical lesions in one leg since the infancy. The other case was a male who developed lesions in trunk and upper extremity a few months after being born. In both cases histological findings were similar with proliferated, dilated capillaries in dermal papillae or in the superficial reticular dermis. It is important to distinguish this rare condition to avoid misdiagnosis. Misinterpretation of the other kind of vascular lesion may require ancillary studies.


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