Open AccessUsefulness of MRI in delineation of dermal and subcutaneous verrucous hemangioma
Author(s) -
Krishnan Nagarajan,
Banushree C Srinivasamurthy
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 - 10.4103/0019-5154.164453
Subject(s) - medicine , angiokeratoma , magnetic resonance imaging , hemangioma , soft tissue , dorsum , radiology , angioma , subcutaneous tissue , foot (prosody) , dermatology , pathology , surgery , anatomy , vascular disease , linguistics , philosophy
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has established itself as diagnostic modality of choice of soft tissue and musculoskeletal lesions but dermatological lesions have been diagnosed mainly by clinical examination. We present MRI features of dermal and subcutaneous verrucous hemangioma involving the dorsum of foot in a 20-year-old male and its usefulness in differentiating it from angiokeratoma with similar clinical features