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Diffuse dermal angiomatosis
Author(s) -
Draper Bradley K.,
Boyd Alan S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00450.x
Subject(s) - angiomatosis , pathology , bacillary angiomatosis , medicine , dermatology , immunology , bartonella henselae , serology , antibody
Diffuse dermal angiomatosis (DDA) is an acquired, benign vascular proliferation characterized clinically by poorly circumscribed, violaceous, livedoid plaques with frequent ulceration. Histologically, a diffuse interstitial proliferation of CD31‐positive endothelial cells is present within the papillary and reticular dermis. Endothelial atypia, atypical mitoses, and vasculitis are lacking. We describe a case of DDA in a 53‐year‐old man with peripheral vascular atherosclerosis that resolved following revascularization. Early correction of the associated ischemic peripheral vascular disease promotes resolution of this unusual clinicopathologic entity.