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Angioma serpiginosum: Dermoscopy for diagnosis, pulsed dye laser for treatment
Author(s) -
İLKNUR Turna,
FETIL Emel,
AKARSU Sevgi,
ALTINER Didem Didar,
ULUKUŞ Çağnur,
GÜNEŞ Ali Tahsin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00061.x
Subject(s) - ectasia , angioma , dye laser , medicine , lesion , dermatology , pulsed laser , laser , pathology , vascular disease , surgery , optics , physics
Angioma serpiginosum is a rare benign vascular disorder, characterized clinically by multiple minute, red to purple, grouped macules in serpiginous and gyrate patterns and histopathologically by ectatic dilatation of capillaries. Patients can undergo unnecessary hematological tests, because the condition can be confused with chronic purpuric dermatoses. An 18‐year‐old man with angioma serpiginosum of his left arm was evaluated by dermoscopy and treated with pulsed dye laser. Numerous small, relatively well‐demarcated, round to oval red lagoons were determined with dermoscopy, and approximately 75% of the area of his lesion disappeared after four sessions of pulsed dye laser. Our case supports the hypothesis that dermoscopy is beneficial in the diagnosis of angioma serpiginosum and that pulsed dye laser is effective in the treatment of this disorder.