"Petechial" Angiomata

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The present communication concerns a common skin finding not previously described, occurring as multiple, small, punctate, vascular lesions involving the trunk and extremities. Twenty-three patients observed with this condition have been studied, and it is felt that the lesion is perhaps as common as ordinary senile angioma, to which it is probably closely related. Clinically these lesions are easily differentiated from senile angioma, angiokeratoma, telangiectasis, and spider nevus. The resemblance of these lesions to petechiae is indeed remarkable, but close examination, with magnification, reveals their vascular nature. Most of the lesions are irregularly rounded or angular, one-fifth to several millimeters in diameter, and bright red. Occasionally, however, the color varies from purplish-red to purple or brown. The lesions appear to be perfectly flat, and usually palpation reveals no elevation or induration. Incomplete obliteration of the lesion occurs with diascopy. Magnification with a hand lens or, even better, a skin microscope,

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