| telangiectasia verrucosa | A discrete, pink to red telangiectasia having a tendency to undergo secondary epithelial changes, including acanthosis and hyperkeratosis. An underlying vascular abnormality is present in many cases. The term angiokeratoma is applied to a number of quite distinct conditions which share a common clinical presentation with asymptomatic hyperkeratotic vascular skin lesions and a histological combination of superficial dermal vascular ectasia. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| essential telangiectasia | Localised capillary dilation of undetermined origin. Synonym: angioma serpiginosum. (05 Mar 2000) |