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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
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Also known as: Angiokeratomas
Angiokeratomas are small dark red to purple raised spots. They may also have a rough scaly surface. They are composed of surface blood vessels (dilated capillaries).
There are several types of angiokeratomas:
Often unnoticed, they may become crusty and bleed if accidentally scratched or damaged, or a harmless clot may form in the lesion (thrombosis), changing the color to dark purple or black overnight. Angiokeratomas are benign vascular lesions that histopathologically consist of dilated sub epidermal vessels and, in most cases, are associated with an epidermal reaction that includes hyperkeratosis. They are seen clinically as solitary or multiple, red to black papules or plaques with a mamillated surface.
Some are amenable to treatment with pulsed dye laser surgery.
This page was last updated on: July 26, 2021 03:25 PM
Evaluation and management of all birthmarks with special expertise in vascular birthmarks or vascular anomalies in newborn babies and children.
Cobb syndrome is a rare, non-inherited disorder characterized by visible skin lesions with underlying spinal angiomas or arteriovenous malformations (AVM).
When a blood clot forms in a blood vessel, the process is known as thrombosis.
Pulsed dye laser is a laser where the laser beam passes through a dye in order to target blood vessels and treat capillary malformation and other vascular lesions.