| © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | telangiectasia_1_030629 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | TELANGIECTASIA / SPIDER ANGIOMA | Category: | vascular malformation | ||
| Body Site: | vermillion/ vermilion border | Age: | 15 years | ||
| Contributor: | Douglas Hoffman, MD | ||||
| Description: | blanching 3 mm red papule | ||||
| Comments: | This slowing expanding blanching red papule on the upper lip was of cosmetic concern to this adolescent boy. These telangiectasias can bleed profusely with trauma, and respond well to yellow pulsed dye laser therapy. | ||||
| © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | spider_1_021130 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | SPIDER ANGIOMA / VASCULAR MALFORMATION / TELANGIECTASIA | Category: | vascular malformation | ||
| Body Site: | face / cheek | Age: | 8 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | blanching 2 mm red papule with radiating vessels | ||||
| Comments: | An asymptomatic blanching red papule with radiating vessels extending out 1 cm slowly enlarged on this healthy 8 year old boy's cheek. | ||||
| © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | unilateraltelaniectasias_1_020904 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | SPIDER ANGIOMA / TELANGIECTASIA / TELANGIECTASIA, UNILATERAL NEVOID | Category: | vascular malformation | ||
| Body Site: | leg / thigh | Age: | 16 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | unilateral blanching 2-3 mm red macules with surrounding pallor | ||||
| Comments: | Multiple spider angiomas appeared on this adolescent's right leg a year earlier. The telangiectasias were persistent, stable and not symptomatic. Note the surrounding pallor which is also common around isolated spider angiomas. | ||||
| © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | spider_1_010712 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | SPIDER ANGIOMA / TELANGIECTASIA | Category: | vascular malformation | ||
| Body Site: | eye lid / face | Age: | 4 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | blanching red central papule with radiating vessels | ||||
| Comments: | An asymptomatic spider angioma remained stable on the lower eye lid of a healthy 4 year old girl for over a year. | ||||
| © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | spider_1_010310 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | SPIDER ANGIOMA / TELANGIECTASIA / VASCULAR MALFORMATION | Category: | vascular malformation | ||
| Body Site: | face / cheek | Age: | 10 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | blanching red patch | ||||
| Comments: | A spider angioma appeared 2 years earlier on the cheek of a healthy 10 year old boy. | ||||
| © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | spider_1_010217 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | VASCULAR MALFORMATION / TELANGIECTASIA / SPIDER ANGIOMA | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) | ||
| Body Site: | face | Age: | 9 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | blanching red papule with radiating vessels | ||||
| Comments: | A 9 year old boy had a growing spider angioma on his cheek. This image was taken shortly before pulsed dye laser therapy. | ||||
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