Vascular neoplasms of the skin is a broad concept that includes both hemangiomas and lymphangiomas. Such benign tumors arise from the blood and lymphatic vessels. Angiomas of the skin can appear on their own, and may indicate the course of certain diseases in the human body. Estet-portal presents to your attention the most complete classification of such neoplasms, as well as their characteristic features, because it is very important to correctly determine the type of formation that has appeared on the skin for its successful removal.

What is an angioma of the skin? Classification of skin angiomas

Angiomas are benign tumors that develop from the blood (hemangioma) and lymphatic (lymphangioma) vessels.

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Skin angiomas can occur almost anywhere on the body. Vascular tumors have a wide variety of clinical forms and manifestations.

There are many types of classifications of vascular neoplasms of the skin, which you can learn more about at estet-portal.com. One of the most complete is the classification of the International Society for the Study of Vascular Pathology (ISSVA, International Society for the Study of vascular anomalies), which in a simplified form can be represented as follows:

Vascular angiomas of the skin:

  • infantile hemangioma;
  • congenital hemangioma;
  • fascicular hemangioma;
  • kaposiform hemangioendothelioma;
  • fusiform hemangioendothelioma
  • dermatologic acquired vascular tumors (e.g. pyogenic granuloma).

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Vascular malformations:

  • slow churn;
  • capillary malformations;
  • port wine stains;
  • telangiectasias (eg, spider angioma);
  • angiokeratoma.

Venous malformations:

  • sporadic venous malformations;
  • Bean's syndrome;
  • familial venous malformations of the skin and mucous membranes;
  • glomerulovenous malformations;
  • Mafuchi syndrome.

Lymphatic malformations:

  • fast flow;
  • arterial malformations;
  • arteriovenous fistula;
  • arteriolovenous malformation.

Main characteristic features of skin angiomas

Small angiomas of the skin appear spontaneously, mainly in middle-aged and elderly people. The cause of most angiomas is unknown. A skin angioma may be a symptom of another disease, such as cirrhosis of the liver.

The sudden appearance of multiple angiomas may be a sign of internal malignancy (paraneoplastic process).

In some cases (especially with thrombosis), hemangioma is differentiated from nodular melanoma, but in most cases the clinical picture is more than typical. Self-regression is generally not typical.

Dermoscopic criteria for skin angiomas: red, red-blue lacunae. Multiple well-defined ovoid structures of different diameters and colors (from red to blue and black), which are clustered.

The correct definition of the type of skin angioma contributes to the correct approach to its treatment.

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