A Case of Adult Onset Verrucous Hemangioma.
- Author:
Sung Hee UM
1
;
Chee Won OH
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea. deroh@nongae.gsnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Verrucous hemangioma;
Angiokeratoma circumscriptum
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Angiokeratoma;
Capillaries;
Child;
Diagnosis;
Hemangioma*;
Hemangioma, Cavernous;
Humans;
Lower Extremity
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2003;41(10):1390-1393
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Verrucous hemangiomas are usually congenital lesions which typically present as warty, bluish, vascular papules, plaques, or nodules mainly on the lower limbs of children. It is a structural variant of capillary or cavernous hemangioma, in which reactive epidermal changes develop secondarily. They show no tendency to spontaneous resolution, and tend to spread and recur after inadequate treatments. It is important, from a prognostic and therapeutic point of view, to make a correct diagnosis between verrucous hemangioma and angiokeratoma circumscriptum, because the former needs a large and deep excision and the latter responds to the common means of physical therapy. We report a case of 37-year-old man with verrucous hemangioma which was developed at his third decade.
