The cutaneous epithelioid angiomatous nodule is an uncommon benign vascular proliferation that has only recently been described. Clinically, it usually presents as a solitary, fast-growing, small reddish papulous or nodular lesion on the trunk or limbs of adults. Histopathologic study reveals a proliferation of epithelioid cells and predominantly solid, well delimited, unilobular growth in the ...

©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...

BACKGROUND Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is rare, accounting for <1 % of all central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms. Angiomatous pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is an extremely rare variant of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, with only six cases reported thus far. CASE PRESENTATION A 24-year-old Chinese female patient who presented with seizure and loss of consciousness for 15 min underwent compu...

An outbreak of small angiomatous lesions with the same clinical and histological features as Campbell de Morgan spots in adults is described. No infective agent was discovered, but their number was found to increase as the ambient temperature rose.

OBJECTIVES To correlate clinical and histopathologic features of an eye with retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP) secondary to age-related macular degeneration and to investigate the expression of von Willebrand factor (VWF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in this condition. METHODS Histopathologic features from serial sections through the globe of an 87-year-old woman with R...

Hereditary benign telangiectasia is an uncommon idiopathic skin disorder characterized by generalized telangiectases and angiomatous lesions of the skin. The diagnosis should be suspected in patients with such cutaneous lesions, positive family history, no associated bleeding problems, and no mucosal involvement. We present six cases of hereditary benign telangiectasia in three generations of o...