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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Angioma serpiginosum
Clinical signs
  • starts early in the childhood
  • affects usually girls
  • some cases are familiar
  • location: anywhere (but for palms and soles)
  • linearly, circularly and irregularly arranged dot-like blood vessels (size of about 1 mm)
  • the lesion usualy stops growing after puberty
  • benign, no other clinical complications
Histology

Dilated superficial capillaries, vascular anomaly.

Angioma serpiginosum (4652)

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