Deep Presentation of a Tufted Angioma in an Adult
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Tufted angioma is a rare vascular tumor most commonly localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissues and characterized by slow angiomatous proliferation. Although adult-onset cases, with subcutaneous manifestations but not the deep presentation, have been fewly described, tufted angiomas occur far more frequently in children. These tumors have a benign course, with no reported cases of aggressive behavior or metastases. In our case report tufted angioma was a deep mass in an adult. This manifestation was never mentioned in the literature till now.
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©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia Dear Editor, Tufted angioma is a rare vascular tumor, with slow angiomatous proliferation, usually located in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Its clinical presentation is of a solitary angiomatous tumor, usually located on the neck, upper trunk and extremities. It is more frequent in children, with no sex or racial predilection. The term tufted angio...
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