| telangiectodes | A term used to qualify highly vascular tumours. Origin: telangiectasis + G. -odes, fr. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
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| purpura annularis telangiectodes | Asymptomatic annular lesions, principally of the lower extremities of adolescent males, in which the peripheral portion is composed of purpura or petechiae with brawny staining of haemosiderin deposits and minute telangiectasia. Synonym: Majocchi's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| neuroma telangiectodes | A neurofibroma with a conspicuous number of blood vessels, some of which have unusually large lumens (in proportion to the thickness of the walls). Traumatic neuroma, the non-neoplastic proliferative mass of Schwann cells and neurites that may develop at the proximal end of a severed or injured nerve. Synonym: amputation neuroma, false neuroma, pseudoneuroma. Verneuil's neuroma, a nodular enlargement of the cutaneous nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elephantiasis telangiectodes | Hypertrophy of the skin and subcutaneous tissues accompanied by and dependent upon dilation of the blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |