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Angiokeratoma circumscriptum: a case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Mittal Rachna,
Aggarwal Asok,
Srivastava Govind
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02252.x
Subject(s) - angiokeratoma , ectasia , medicine , hyperkeratosis , epidermolytic hyperkeratosis , dermatology , pathology
The term “angiokeratoma” is applied to several distinct conditions with vascular skin lesions, the histology of which shows superficial vascular ectasia and overlying hyperkeratosis. 1 The angiokeratomas should be regarded as capillary vascular malformation rather than hemangiomas. 1 Apart from angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry), which is a disorder of phospholipid metabolism, at least four types of purely cutaneous angiokeratoma are known: the Mibelli type, the Fordyce type, angiokeratoma circumscriptum and “solitary and multiple angiokeratoma” (Imperial and Helwig). We present here a case of angiokeratoma circumscriptum and a brief review of the literature.