Acral Angioosteoma Cutis on the Great Toe Mimicking Pyogenic Granuloma

Acral Angioosteoma Cutis

Acral angioosteoma cutis is a rare disease first described in 2006 that is characterized by vascular proliferation with ossification at the acral area, and which bears clinical similarity to pyogenic granuloma. However, there is no lobular pattern in the capillary proliferation that is a typical histopathological feature in pyogenic granuloma. Metaplastic cutaneous ossification is associated wi...

Recurrent acral angioosteoma cutis in a pregnant patient

AAOC: acral angioosteoma cutis BMP: bone morphogenic protein PG: pyogenic granuloma VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor INTRODUCTION Googe et al in 2006 first described 11 cases of acral angioosteoma cutis (AAOC), characterized by benign vascular and osseous lesions on acral skin. Since then, there have been only 3 additional cases reported. This friable erythematous exophytic papule has c...

Superficial acral fibromyxoma and other slow-growing tumors in acral areas.

Superficial acral fibromyxoma (SAFM) is a rare fibromyxoid mesenchymal tumor with a predilection for the distal extremities and frequent nail bed involvement. Superficial acral fibromyxoma typically arises as a solitary, slow-growing nodule on a toe or finger, with the great toe being the most commonly affected site. Histopathologically, SAFM characteristically presents as a well-circumscribed ...

Acral Hypomelanocytic Melanoma of Left Great Toe: A Rare Cancer

The Malignant melanoma is an uncommon primary malignant tumour of the foot.1 It occurs in different forms like superficial spreading, nodular, lentiginous and acral. Amelanotic/ hypomelanotic melanoma is a non-pigmented variety of cutaneous melanoma accounting for 2-8% of all primary melanomas.2,3 The lesion is usually exophytic and ulcerative with or without metastasis. The lesions usually beg...

Acral Hypomelanocytic Melanoma of Left Great Toe: A Rare Cancer