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Acquired lymphangiomas mimicking multiple hallux warts

Lymphangioma is an uncommon benign vascular tumour that involves lymphatic vessels. It can be acquired or, most frequently, congenital. The acquired form presents with dilated lymphatic channels due to an obstruction. These lesions have no risk of malignant transformation, but they have a high rate...

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Autores principales: Diani, Marco, Turina, Marco, Cozzi, Chiara, Altomare, Gianfranco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175685
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Turina, Marco
Cozzi, Chiara
Altomare, Gianfranco
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description Lymphangioma is an uncommon benign vascular tumour that involves lymphatic vessels. It can be acquired or, most frequently, congenital. The acquired form presents with dilated lymphatic channels due to an obstruction. These lesions have no risk of malignant transformation, but they have a high rate of recurrence whether removed. We present a case of a 52-year-old woman with acquired lymphangiomas mimicking warts. She came to our observation for some keratotic lesions on her feet. Clinically, we found three warts on the sole of her left foot, but we also noticed the presence of swelling and papillomatous wart-like papules on both halluces. The hallux papules were studied by performing an excisional biopsy and were found to be lymphangiomas.
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spelling pubmed-57266642017-12-18 Acquired lymphangiomas mimicking multiple hallux warts Diani, Marco Turina, Marco Cozzi, Chiara Altomare, Gianfranco An Bras Dermatol Case Report Lymphangioma is an uncommon benign vascular tumour that involves lymphatic vessels. It can be acquired or, most frequently, congenital. The acquired form presents with dilated lymphatic channels due to an obstruction. These lesions have no risk of malignant transformation, but they have a high rate of recurrence whether removed. We present a case of a 52-year-old woman with acquired lymphangiomas mimicking warts. She came to our observation for some keratotic lesions on her feet. Clinically, we found three warts on the sole of her left foot, but we also noticed the presence of swelling and papillomatous wart-like papules on both halluces. The hallux papules were studied by performing an excisional biopsy and were found to be lymphangiomas. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5726664/ /pubmed/29267433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175685 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175685
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