What are cherry angiomas?

Also known as: Campbell de Morgan spots, senile angiomas.

A cherry angioma can be a small dot to quite large, fairly common, benign, or non-cancerous bright cherry red or purple, smooth, or raised area, usually featuring a bump or dome shaped clusters of tiny blood vessels on the skin. They tend to occur in older people over 30 years of age, but do occur in children.


Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

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