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Author: A/Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, February 2016.
The terminology of vascular conditions can be confusing, with several lesions being incorrectly named or classified. Vascular skin lesions include:
A paediatric dermatologist, paediatrician, vascular specialist or surgeon should assess significant infantile capillary malformations or infantile haemangiomas, especially when large, symptomatic (especially when ulcerated), located on the head and neck or close to eye, nose or mouth.
Vascular naevi or anomalies are present at birth or appear in early childhood. They are classified according to the size and type of vessel. They may remain stable or become more prominent with maturity. There are various associated syndromes.
Vascular naevi
An angioma or haemangioma is a benign tumour formed by the dilation of blood vessels or the formation of new ones by the proliferation of endothelial cells.
Bacillary angiomatosis is a rare opportunistic bacterial infection due to Bartonella henselae.
Angiomas
Prominent cutaneous blood vessels can be physiological or pathological.
There are some named conditions in which telangiectasia is (or telangiectases are) characteristic.
Telangiectases
Malignant vascular tumours
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