Tufted Angioma: Is It the Same As Angioblastoma (Nakagawa)?
1997; American Medical Association; Volume: 133; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archderm.1997.03890420135025
ISSN1538-3652
Autores Tópico(s)Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
ResumoI read with interest the recent article by Lockman et al 1 in the June 1996 issue of theArchives. Tufted angioma was first described by Wilson Jones in 1976. The tumor was characterized by acquired, slowly spreading, erythematous macules and plaques, often with a deep nodular component. Microscopically, groups of capillary tufts, many uncanalized, were found dispersed at various levels in the dermis. In 1989, Jones and Orkin 2 described 20 patients with similar tumors, including 3 patients thought to have had a blemish at birth, and termed these lesions tufted angioma instead of acquired tufted angioma . Angioblastoma was first described as a variant hemangioma by Nakagawa 3 in 1949. It has been suggested that this benign tumor is composed of undifferentiated, atypical mesenchymal cells with a tendency to form lumina. Most cases of angioblastoma have been described only in the Japanese literature. Kumakiri et al 4 demonstrated crystalline
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