Term: angiokeratoma
Literally meaning: “growth of horned vessels”
Origin: Anc Greek
αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > άγγος/aggos(=tube)
αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > άγγος/aggos(=tube)
+(-ωμα)/(-oma)=suffix denoting state
or condition of mass growth
Coined/History
The term angiokeratoma was coined by Mibelli in 1889. Solitary angiokeratomas were first
described by Imperial and Helwig in 1967. They are the most common form
of angiokeratomas, and the reported frequency varies from 70% to 83% of all
angiokeratomas.
Sources
- Mibelli V Di una nuova forma di cheratosi
“angiocheratoma” [a new type of keratosis “angiokeratoma”]. G Ital
Dermatol Venereol 1889;30285- 301
- Imperial RHelwig
EB Angiokeratoma: a clinicopathological study. Arch
Dermatol 1967;95166- 175
Angiokeratoma is a benign vascular lesion, resulting in small marks which range in colon from red to blue and the skin involved is usually thickened (hyperkeratosis, acanthosis).
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