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#redirect [[Non-malignant_skin_disease#Angiokeratoma]]
'''Angiokeratoma''' is a benign [[skin]] lesion.


==General==
*Rare.
*May be seen in the context of [[Fabry disease]].<ref name=pmid16403380/>
Notes:
*Shouldn't be confused with ''[[angiofibroma]]'' which is associated [[tuberous sclerosis]].
==Gross==
*Dark lesions.
Clinical DDx:
*[[Melanocytic lesions]].
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Angiokeratoma_of_the_Scrotum_7.jpg | Angiokeratoma. (WC)
</gallery>
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid16403380>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Karen | first1 = JK. | last2 = Hale | first2 = EK. | last3 = Ma | first3 = L. | title = Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry disease). | journal = Dermatol Online J | volume = 11 | issue = 4 | pages = 8 | month =  | year = 2005 | doi =  | PMID = 16403380 }}</ref>
#Ectatic superficial dermal vessels.
#Overlying hyperkeratosis (thick stratum corneum).
*Should have "epidermal collarette".<ref name=Ref_Derm548>{{Ref Derm|548}}</ref>
**Vascular space surrounded by epidermis on three sides.
Others features:{{fact}}
*Irregular [[acanthosis]].
*Longer rete ridges.
DDx:
*[[Venous lake]].
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Angiokeratoma_-_low_mag.jpg | Angiokeratoma - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
Image:Angiokeratoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Angiokeratoma - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/images/skintumorangiokerat1.jpg Angiokeratoma (pathologyoutlines.com)].
==Sign out==
<pre>
SKIN LESION, LEFT POPITEAL FOSSA, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- ANGIOKERATOMA.
</pre>
==See also==
*[[Non-malignant skin disease]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:#redirect [[Non-malignant_skin_disease]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]

Revision as of 01:40, 20 June 2014

Angiokeratoma is a benign skin lesion.

General

Notes:

Gross

  • Dark lesions.

Clinical DDx:

Images

  • Angiokeratoma. (WC)

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  1. Ectatic superficial dermal vessels.
  2. Overlying hyperkeratosis (thick stratum corneum).
  • Should have "epidermal collarette".[2]
    • Vascular space surrounded by epidermis on three sides.

Others features:[citation needed]

DDx:

Images

  • Angiokeratoma - low mag. (WC/Nephron)

  • Angiokeratoma - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)

www:

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SKIN LESION, LEFT POPITEAL FOSSA, PUNCH BIOPSY:
- ANGIOKERATOMA.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karen, JK.; Hale, EK.; Ma, L. (2005). "Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry disease).". Dermatol Online J 11 (4): 8. PMID 16403380.
  2. ↑ Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 548. ISBN 978-0443066542.

[[Category:#redirect Non-malignant_skin_disease

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