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venous lake

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venous lake,
small benign blue-purple sessile, compressible papules or blebs seen most often on the lips, ears, and face of elderly persons, which histologically represent dilated capillaries filled with red blood cells and lined with flattened endothelial cells.

venous lake
Geriatrics A dark blue-purple compressible papular vascular ectasia of older ♂ caused by dilation of venules, exacerbated by sun exposure Clinical Usually asymptomatic; pain, tenderness, excess bleeding may follow trauma DiffDx Melanoma, pigmented BCC


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Postoperatively, an area of stiffness remained in the middle of the musculomembranous vocal fold, and although a vocal fold hemorrhage had resolved, venous lakes that had been present prior to surgery were unchanged (figure).
Now that Perfecta is available in Canada, I'm looking forward to offering my patients more cosmetic rejuvenation treatments including treating sun and age spots, spider veins, red noses and rosacea, and still treat medical indications such as hemangiomas, venous lakes and even warts," Dr.
 
 
 
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