angiokeratoma

[an″je-o-ker″ah-to´mah]

a dermatosis marked by telangiectasia with secondary epithelial changes, including acanthosis and hyperkeratosis.

Facial rash of angiokeratoma in a male with tuberous sclerosis. From Mueller and Young, 2001.

angiokeratoma cor´poris diffu´sum an inborn error of metabolism of glycolipids characterized by purpuric skin lesions (angiokeratomas); see also fabry's disease.

an·gi·o·ker·a·to·ma

(an'jē-ō-ker'ă-tō'mă),

A superficial, intradermal, capillary-acquired telangiectasis, with wartlike hyperkeratosis and acanthosis.

Synonym(s): keratoangioma, telangiectasia verrucosa, telangiectatic wart

[angio- + G. keras, horn, + -ōma, tumor]

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angiokeratoma

(ăn′jē-ō-kĕr′ə-tō′mə)

An intradermal hemangioma covered by a wartlike thickening of the horny layer of the epidermis.

angiokeratoma

Any of a group of vascular ectasias of the papillary dermis, which may produce papillomatosis, acanthosis, and hyperkeratosis of the epidermis, which are more common in women (female:male ratio, 3:1) and on the leg. Of the 8 types, Mibelli described an angiokeratoma affecting the fingers and toes and Fabry reported angiokeratoma circumscriptum as a localised lesion on the leg or trunk. Angiokeratomas are clinically important because they clinically mimic melanoma.

an·gi·o·ker·a·to·ma

(an'jē-ō-ker-ă-tō'mă)

A superficial capillary telangiectasis, over which wartlike hyperkeratosis and acanthosis appear.
Synonym(s): telangiectatic wart.

[angio- + G. keras, horn, + -ōma, tumor]

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an·gi·o·ker·a·to·ma

(an'jē-ō-ker-ă-tō'mă)

Superficial, intradermal, capillary-acquired telangiectasis, with hyperkeratosis and acanthosis.

[angio- + G. keras, horn, + -ōma, tumor]

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Fabry disease affects young people and can have monosymptomatic courses, which only involve CNS without any medical history of other classic Fabry symptoms such as angiokeratoma, cornea veriticillata, or heart and kidney disease.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS OR FABRY DISEASE --PROS AND CONS

A cutaneous hemangioma is a benign neoplasm (growth) on the skin that looks a lot like a blood blister (angiokeratoma).

Seeing a Spot?

Impaired glycosphingolipid metabolism leads to systemic lysosomal globotriaosylceramide accumulation with multiorgan systemic involvement and complex clinical presentation: acroparesthesias, angiokeratoma, hypohidrosis, corneal and lenticular opacities, gastrointestinal and endocrine abnormalities, renal impairment, and neural and cardiovascular disease [1, 2].

Time of Anderson-Fabry Disease Detection and Cardiovascular Presentation

This subtype is characterized by the presence of myoclonus (a sudden and involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles), ataxia, angiokeratoma (a skin condition manifested by clusters of dilated blood vessels, thickened skin, and warty growths), mental retardation, and long survival [8].

Dental Management of a Young Child Affected by Galactosialidosis and a Gigantic Abdominal Growth

In a large retrospective case series, various skin abnormalities such as follicular papules, comedones, hypertrophic pilosebaceous units, angiokeratoma of Fordyce, leucoderma macules, and haemangiomas have been shown to be associated with NLCS.

NEVUS LIPOMATOSUS CUTANEOUS SUPERFICIALIS OF HOFFMANN AND ZURHELLE TYPE--A RARE CASE REPORT

Angiokeratoma, purple papules on upper thighs and mucosal areas, is a typical but not specific symptom.

Fabry Nephropathy

Our patient does not have any major characteristics of Fabry disease, but she presented with major depression and angiokeratoma besides she had heterozygote mutation.

Major Depression and Fabry Disease: A Case Report

Background: Angiokeratoma of fordyce occurring over on the vulva is a rare condition.

Rare Giant Angiokeratoma of the Vulva: A Case Report

Some patients may have rash in Scrotum, angiokeratoma and this cannot be diagnosed unless one examines the patients carefully.

Hereditary Neuromuscular disorders in Pakistan are common due to consanguineous marriages-Dr. Sara Khan

Angiokeratoma. Angiokeratomas are vascular tumours consisting of numerous ectatic blood vessels in the superficial dermis.

Clinician's Update on the Benign, Premalignant, and Malignant Skin Tumours of the Vulva: The Dermatologist's View

The clinical differential diagnosis for vulvar syringoma is broad and should exclude such diseases as epidermal cyst, steatocystoma multiplex, lymphangioma circumstriptum, chronic lichen simplex, angiokeratoma in Fox-Fordyce disease, senile angioma, condyloma acuminatum, candidiasis, scabies, pediculosis, allergic and irritant contact dermatitis, psoriasis and lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (2, 7, 8, 19-21).

Siringoma de vulva: una presentacion inusual. Aspectos clinicos, histopatologicos e inmunohistoquimicos

Angiokeratoma ectasia of blood vessel were seen in 2 patients and both were male.

Histopathological study of dermatological lesions--a retrospective approach