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Very frequent and usually multiple, harmless, benign vascular neoplasms that occur in older people.
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Completely asymptomatic, 0.1-0, cm in size, sharply defined, initially light red, later dark red to violet, soft, flat papules with a smooth, shiny surface. They can occur singly, but also in great numbers. Fading under glass spatula pressure. In case of thrombosis (e.g. after banal trauma) the senile angioma can impress as hard, black papules (DD: melanoma, malignant, nodular).
An eruptive occurrence of "senile" angiomas can be an expression of a systemic disease (e.g. a lymphoproliferative systemic disease). They may be associated with POEMS syndrome or Castleman lymphoma.
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- Aghassi D (2000) Time-sequence histologic imaging of laser-treated cherry angiomas with in vivo confocal microscopy. J Am Acad Dermatol 43: 37-41
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Angiokeratome, solitary; Angioma serpiginosum; Argon laser; Castleman lymphoma; Dye laser; Fabry's disease; Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia; Laser; Melanoma nodular; Nevus araneus; ... Show allDisclaimer
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