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angiokeratoma

Sunday 10 April 2016

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Synopsis

 hyperkeratotic vascular lesion
 ectatic dermal vessels
 epidermal hyperplasia
 superficial vascular ectasia
 overlying epidermal hyperplasia ( acanthosis or hyperkeratosis )
 solitary or multiple / diffuse

Types

 Angiokeratoma of Mibelli
 Angiokeratoma of Fordyce
 Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum: associated with Anderson - Fabry disease
 Angiokeratoma circumscriptum
 Idiopathic solitary or multiple angiokeratomas

Images

 angiokeratoma

 scrotal angiokeratoma

Predisposition

 Fabry disease

Differential diagnosis

 hemangioma (verrucous, lobular capillary, etc.)
 lymphangioma
 venous lake

See also

 hyperkeratotic vascular lesions