Open AccessSpontaneous acroangiodermatitis
Author(s) -
TubaDilay Kokenek-Unal,
Murat Alper,
İpek Çoban
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.156376
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , lesion , sarcoma , kaposi's sarcoma , dermatology , ankle , pathology , radiology , human herpesvirus
Acroangiodermatitis is a rare self-limited angioproliferative lesion which can be associated with congenital vascular malformations or acquired venous insufficiency. Despite of its benign character, differential diagnosis of this lesion is very important because it closely resembles Kaposi sarcoma. Here we present a 26-year-old male patient with unilateral, purplish-red colored papules on his right ankle which diagnosed as acroangiodermatitis and discuss histopathological features, differential diagnosis and treatment of this unusual condition.