Angiokeratoma Research Articles

Vulvar Angiokeratoma after Radical Hysterectomy and Radiotherapy: Case Report

Angiokeratomas are relatively rare vascular malformations, whose surface is keratotic and located at the vulvar level called Fordyce angiokeratoma. We report the case of a vulvar angiokeratoma post hysterectomy and radiotherapy.

Solitary Angiokeratoma in the Oral Cavity: A Critical Literature Review and Report of a New Case.

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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Dermatological Manifestations of Patients with Fabry Disease and the Assessment of Angiokeratomas with Multimodal Imaging.

Fabry disease (FD) is a multisystemic X-linked lysosomal storage disease that presents with angiokeratomas (AKs). Our objective was to investigate the clinical and morphologic features of AKs and to present two experimental techniques, multispectral imaging (MSI) and non-linear microscopy (NLM). A thorough dermatological examination was carried out in our 26 FD patients and dermoscopic images (n = 136) were evaluated for specific structures. MSI was used for the evaluation of AKs in seven patients. NLM was carried out to obtain histology samples of two AKs and two hemangiomas. Although AKs were the most common manifestation, the majority of patients presented an atypical distribution and appearance, which could cause a diagnostic challenge. Dermoscopy revealed lacunae (65%) and dotted vessels (56%) as the most common structures, with a whitish veil present in only 25%. Autofluorescence (405 nm) and diffuse reflectance (526 nm) images showed the underlying vasculature more prominently compared to dermoscopy. Using NLM, AKs and hemangiomas could be distinguished based on morphologic features. The clinical heterogeneity of FD can result in a diagnostic delay. Although AKs are often the first sign of FD, their presentation is diverse. A thorough dermatological examination and the evaluation of other cutaneous signs are essential for the early diagnosis of FD.

Fordyce Angiokeratoma: Comparison of Cryotherapy and Electrocauterization Treatments

Fordyce angiokeratoma is a benign lesion commonly developing on the scrotal skin. The incidence increases with age. About half of these lesions may be symptomatic and frequently cause itching and bleeding. Although the treatment is not always considered necessary, several treatment methods are used for symptomatic cases, especially for cosmetic purposes. Treatment options include surgical excision, laser ablation, electrocoagulation, cryotherapy, and sclerotherapy. The most widely used methods are electrocoagulation and cryotherapy. Although these two methods are similarly effective and safe, there are differences in means of patient comfort and cosmetic outcomes. Patient comfort can be defined as pain management during the procedure and the healing period. Bleeding and wound infection are other parameters that may decrease patient comfort. Patients would prefer treatment methods with less or no pain and shorter recovery periods, healthcare providers, and insurance. The cosmetic result is another critical issue, especially for patients with multiple lesions. Treatment methods avoiding genital scars are more likely to meet the aesthetic demands of the patients.

Adult-onset severe acral angiokeratoma-like pseudolymphoma: A case report and review of the literature.

Adult-onset severe acral angiokeratoma-like pseudolymphoma: A case report and review of the literature.

Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum at an Unusual Location: a Case Report

A case of 15year old female presented with lesion over back since childhood, with occasional bleeding and oozing from lesion without any associated systemic complaints. There were multiple verrucous coalescing papules forming plaque with overlying erosion present over left lower back- diagnosed provisionally as angiokeratoma circumscriptum and was biopsied. Histopathology revealed findings consistent with Syringocystadenoma papilliferum. Surgical excision was done and closed with rotation flap. Syringocystadenoma is benign cutaneous adnexal tumor presenting clinically with many morphologies such as warty papules, nodules, plaques with oozing of serous material. Lesion is usually seen in head and neck area in most cases however can also occur on extremities, buttocks, anogenital region. It is characterized by multiple invaginations from skin surface in association with hair follicles lined by cuboidal to columnar epithelium on luminal aspect and myoepithelial cells on outside. There is papillary architecture and dermal ductal component.

Dermoscopic Features Summarization and Comparison of Four Types of Cutaneous Vascular Anomalies

Objective: Dermoscopic features of cutaneous vascular anomalies have been reported, but the described features currently known are limited and not well-understood. The aim of this study is to comprehensively summarize and compare the dermoscopic features of the four different types of cutaneous vascular anomalies [infantile hemangiomas (IH), cherry angioma (CA), angiokeratomas (AK), and pyogenic granuloma (PG)] in the Chinese Han population.Materials and Methods: Dermoscopic features of 31 IH, 172 CA, 31 AK, and 45 PG were collected based on the contact non-polarized mode of dermoscopy at 20-fold magnification. Dermoscopic features including background, lacunae, vessel morphology and distribution were collected and summarized. Additionally, we compared these features by age stage, gender, and anatomical locations in CA.Results: The dermoscopic features of IH included the red lacunae, red/red-blue/red-white backgrounds, and vessel morphology such as linear curved vessels, serpiginous vessels, coiled vessels. For CA, the lacunae appeared reddish brown to reddish blue or only red. In terms of vascular morphology, serpentine vessels, coiled vessels, looped vessels, and curved vessels could be seen in the lesions. A few lesions were black or presented with a superficial white veil. There were statistical differences in red background (P = 0.021), unspecific vessel distribution (P = 0.030), black area (P = 0.029), and white surface (P = 0.042) among different age groups. Red-brown lacunae (P = 0.039), red-blue (P = 0.013), red-white background (P = 0.015), black area (P = 0.016), and white surface (P = 0.046) were of statistical difference in terms of the locations of lesions. Lacunae were also observed in AK, which presented with red, dark purple, dark blue, black. Global dermoscopic patterns that were characterized by a homogeneous area were obvious in all PG lesions, among which 30 (66.7%) were red-white and 15 (33.3%) were red. As for local features, “white rail” lines were detected in 19 (42.2%) lesions and white collarette was seen in 34 (75.6%) lesions.Conclusions: Dermoscopy is an applicable diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of cutaneous vascular anomalies. It is necessary to take into account the age stage and lesion location when we diagnose CA using dermoscopy.

Evaluation of the efficacy of pro-yellow laser in the management of vascular skin disorders.

Lasers have great importance in the management of vascular skin lesions. To determine the efficacy of 577-nm pro-yellow laser in cure of certain vascular skin diseases. Seventy-four patients who are diagnosed as vascular skin diseases were involved in this study. All participants were treated with 577-nm pro-yellow laser with 4-week intervals. The photographs that were taken before and at every following visit were used to evaluate improvement. A significant improvement occurred in port-wine stain, rosacea, facial telangiectasia, venous lake, scrotal angiokeratoma, and cherry angioma cases. Vascular skin lesions can be treated with 577-nm pro-yellow laser with a minimal adverse effect and great success rate.

Classification and clinical evaluation of the types of angiokeratoma

Background: Angiokeratoma is a group of benign vascular telangiectasias in the superficial dermis associated with hyperkeratosis of the epidermis. There are different types of angiokeratoma and the color of the lesions—pink, red, dusky red, blue-red—depends on their age. Materials and Methods: Twenty-four patients with different varieties of angiokeratoma were collected from April 2013 through March 2020 and classified according to well-defined types. Each patient gave their formal consent after the nature of the disease was explained to them. Full medical history taking and clinical examination were performed on all patients. Skin biopsies were taken from 12 cases and processed for histopathology with H&E stain. As for therapy, diathermy was used for the treatment of selected localized cases, especially those on the scrotum. Results: Twenty-four cases with different types of angiokeratoma were evaluated, 19 (79.16%) males and 5 (20.83%) females, with ages ranging from 13 to 25 years and a mean age of 19 years. The age of onset was most commonly around adolescence and early adulthood. The lesions were classified into the following: 11 (45.83%) cases of Fordyce, 5 (20.83%) cases solitary, 4 (16.66%) cases circumscriptum, 3 (12.5%) cases oral (on the tongue), and one (4.16%) corporis diffusum (Fabry disease). All patients displayed warty red, blue, or black papules, nodules, or plaques, with the exception of isolated angiokeratoma. Their histopathology revealed hyperkeratosis of the epidermis, which could have been mild or marked acanthosis, as seen in the form of pseudoepithelial hyperplasia with marked elongation of rete ridges. As a dermal change, markedly dilated blood vessels occupied the papillary and reticular dermis. Diathermy was an effective mode of therapy in selected patients with satisfactory cosmetic and therapeutic results. Conclusion: All types of angiokeratoma were recognized but the most common were angiokeratoma of Fordyce, mainly affecting male genitalia, followed by solitary angiokeratoma, affecting mainly the limbs, and angiokeratoma circumscriptum linearly along the limbs. Oral angiokeratoma of the tongue appeared in three patients. All these types have a characteristic presentation that is easy to recognize: warty dusky-red lesions.

Angiokeratoma of Fordyce treated with long pulsed Nd:YAG 1064 nm laser

Angiokeratoma of Fordyce treated with long pulsed Nd:YAG 1064 nm laser

Angiokeratoma circumscriptum neviforme: extensive involvement of lower limb

Angiokeratoma circumscriptum neviforme: extensive involvement of lower limb

Angiokeratomas-A Mimic to Remember.

Angiokeratomas-A Mimic to Remember.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES OF ANGIOKERATOMAS

Angiokeratomas (AK) are probably the vascular lesions that induce more confusion in the literature. The most accepted classification of AK was performed by Imperial and Helwig , and they divide these lesions into five classical types: Mibelli’s AK, Fordyce’s AK, corporis diffusum AK, circumscribed naeviforme AK and solitary or multiple acquired angiokeratomas. Nevertheless, in the clinical practice, is not unusual to see AK type lesions associated to different types of vascular anomalies, and these lesions have difficult handling. In ISSVA classification AKs have been included as vascular anomalies provisionally unclassified. We perform the differential diagnoses of AKs and according to clinical picture, histopathological aspect, immunohistochemical markers and radiological findings proposed to divide AKs mainly in two groups. Primary AKs are the classical types. The new immunohistochemical findings suggest that these lesions might be included as mixed capillary-lymphatic malformations. Secondary AKs are related with different vascular anomalies, secondary to other process with lymphatic obstruction, related to drugs, or associated with no vascular lesions as lymphoid lesions. Different underlying vascular anomelies might be related with AKs including deep capillary-lymphatic malformations (CLM), venous-lymphatic malformations (VLM), capillary-lymphatic-venous malformations (CLVM) (Klippel-Trenaunauy Sd), deep lymphatic malformations (LM), venous malformations (VM) as hyperkeratotic venous malformation, cavenomatous cerebral malformations, traumatic arteriovenous fistula and eccrine angiokeratomatous hamartoma. Clinical aspect, radiological studies and histopathological examination might help to do a correct diagnosis of this heterogenous entity.

Zosteriform lymphangioma circumscriptum and angiokeratoma: A rare co-occurrence

Lymphangioma circumscriptum (LC) is a rare benign hamartomatous malformation of lymph vessel manifesting at birth or during early childhood. Angiokeratomas (AK) are vascular ectasia of papillary dermal blood vessels with secondary epidermal changes. AK and/or LC are one of the common vascular malformations associated with Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome (KTS). The simultaneous appearance of LC and AK has been reported rarely, and the occurrence of LC, AK, and port-wine stain in a patient of KTS is even rarer. Thereby, we report a case of co-occurrence of LC and AK in the same patient without systemic involvement.

Angiokeratoma circumscriptum of children: A case of postinjury with a lesion on the foot

Angiokeratoma circumscriptum vascular lesions are defined by ectasia of the papillary dermal vessels, and the etiology is unknown. We report a rare case of angiokeratoma circumscriptum following the excision of a lipoma, from the same area, on the right foot 3 years prior. Therefore, this case indicates that the injury could be involved in the development of angiokeratoma circumscriptum.

Skin Diseases Classification Using Deep Leaning Methods.

Due to the high incidence of skin tumors, the development of computer aided-diagnosis methods will become a very powerful diagnosis tool for dermatologists. The skin diseases are initially diagnosed visually, through clinical screening and followed in some cases by dermoscopic analysis, biopsy and histopathological examination. Automatic classification of dermatoscopic images is a challenge due to fine-grained variations in lesions. The convolutional neural network (CNN), one of the most powerful deep learning techniques proved to be superior to traditional algorithms. These networks provide the flexibility of extracting discriminatory features from images that preserve the spatial structure and could be developed for region recognition and medical image classification. In this paper we proposed an architecture of CNN to classify skin lesions using only image pixels and diagnosis labels as inputs. We trained and validated the CNN model using a public dataset of 10015 images consisting of 7 types of skin lesions: actinic keratoses and intraepithelial carcinoma/Bowen disease (akiec), basal cell carcinoma (bcc), benign lesions of the keratosis type (solar lentigine/seborrheic keratoses and lichen-planus like keratosis, bkl), dermatofibroma (df), melanoma (mel), melanocytic nevi (nv) and vascular lesions (angiomas, angiokeratomas, pyogenic granulomas and hemorrhages, vasc).

Angiokeratoma Circumscriptum on the Breast: A Case with Unusual Features.

Angiokeratoma Circumscriptum on the Breast: A Case with Unusual Features.

Angiokeratoma circumscriptum: clinical features, dermoscopy and surgical approach

Angiokeratoma circumscriptum: clinical features, dermoscopy and surgical approach

D-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria with Enchondromatosis and Angiokeratoma Circumscriptum

In this study, we report a four-year-old male with D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (D2HA) and enchondromatosis with a prior history of hyperpigmented, segmental whorls and streaks on his abdomen who later presented with an eruption of angiokeratoma circumscriptum within a similar distribution. His condition can likely be explained by underlying somatic mosaicism; however, a unifying culprit gene mutation has not yet been identified. To date, only 10 reported cases of D2HA with enchondromatosis are available in the literature with three reported skin findings. This is the first reported case of angiokeratoma circumscriptum associated with the rare condition of D2HA and enchondromatosis.

A Noninvasive Aid for Office-Based Gynecologists for the Diagnosis of Common External Genital Disorders.

Background Gynecology and dermatology share the diagnosis and the management of some disorders of the female external genital area. In the last decade, clinical diagnosis in dermatology has dramatically improved, thanks to the introduction of dermatoscopy. Technique Dermatoscopy is a noninvasive, rapid, and simple technique performed with an affordable handheld instrument called dermatoscope, endowed with a light source and a high-quality lens achieving 10 times magnification. Experience The use of dermatoscopy for the diagnosis of some common external genital disorders, i.e., genital warts (GW), vestibular papillomatosis (VP), molluscum contagiosum (MC), angiokeratoma (AK), and pediculosis pubis (PP), is presented and discussed. Conclusion The use of dermatoscopy in a gynecologic office may considerably help the specialist to enhance in selected cases the clinical diagnosis and to avoid unnecessary and cumbersome investigations which may be time and money consuming.