A Case of Multiple Angiokeratomas.
- Author:
Sang Wook LEE
1
;
Moon Jung CHOI
;
Tae Yoon KIM
;
Jun Young LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Ui Jong Bu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Ui Jong Bu, Korea. UBJDER@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Solitary or multiple angiokeratomas
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Angiokeratoma*;
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Humans;
Lower Extremity;
Melanoma;
Nevus, Pigmented;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2001;39(11):1343-1344
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a 13-year-old girl with multiple angiokeratomas on lower extremity. Her skin lesions were asymptomatic but became larger and darker and bled intermittently with subtle trauma. Skin biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of angiokeratoma. We emphasize the importance of this lesion in the differential diagnosis of pigmented nevus or malignant melanoma.