angioma /an·gi·o·ma/ (an″je-o´mah) a tumor whose cells tend to form blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma); a tumor made up of blood vessels or lymph vessels.angiom´atous
angioma serpiginosum
angioma [an″je-o´mah]
angioma caverno´sum , cavernous angioma see under hemangioma.
cherry angiomas bright red, circumscribed, round or oval angiomas, 2 to 6 mm in diameter, containing many vascular loops, due to a telangiectatic vascular disturbance, usually seen on the trunk but sometimes appearing on other areas of the body, as in angioma serpiginosum, and occurring in most middle-aged and older persons.
senile angiomas cherry a's.
angioma serpigino´sum a skin disease marked by minute vascular points arranged in rings on the skin.
angioma ser·pig·i·no·sum (s r-p j -n  sm)n. The presence of rings of red dots on the skin that are due to proliferation and subsequent atrophy of superficial capillaries. Also called essential telangiectasia. |
angioma serpiginosum
[sərpij′inō′səm]
Etymology: Gk, angeion + oma + L, serpere, to creep
a cutaneous disease characterized by rings of tiny vascular points appearing as red dots.
angioma [an″je-o´mah]
a benign tumor made up of blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma). adj., adj angiom´atous.
angioma caverno´sum (cavernous angioma) cavernous hemangioma.
angioma serpigino´sum a skin disease marked by minute vascular points arranged in rings on the skin.
telangiectatic angioma an angioma made up of dilated blood vessels.
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