Dermatology Case Reports

ISSN - 2684-124X

Aysun Gokce

Department of Pathology, Dıskapı Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Publications

  • Case Report   
    Coexistence of Lymphangioma Circumscriptum and Angiokeratoma in the Same Area: A Case Report
    Author(s): Funda Kemeriz*, Muzeyyen Gonul, Aysun Gokce and Murat Alper

    Lymphangioma is a rare benign malformation of lymphatic vessels. Lymphangioma Circumscriptum (LC) is the most common type. Angiokeratoma is a vascular lesion which is considered to be caused primarily by vascular ectasia in the papillary dermis and epidermal changes developing secondarily. Here we presented a 51-year-old patient developing angiokeratoma and LC in the same area with literature’s data. Previously, one case pointing out to the coexistence of LC and angiokeratoma in cutaneous tissue has been reported in the literature. In our case, the lesions’ general clinical appearance was consistent with angiokeratoma and dermoscopic examination revealed the findings of angiokeratoma in some areas, histopathologically one of the patients’ biopsies specimens revealed angiokeratoma, the other was consistent with lymphangioma. Coexistence of these tw.. View More»

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