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  1. Telangiectasia

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    Description: Telangiectasia - permanent dilated blood vessels, e.g. spider naevi A vascular lesion formed by dilatation of a group of small blood vessels. It may appear as a birthmark or become apparent in young children. It may also be caused by long-term sun exposure. Although the lesion may occur anywhere on the skin, it is seen most frequently on the face and thighs.
    Keywords: spider veins, Vascular Diseases, Vascular lesion

  2. Telangiectasis

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    Description: Telangiectasis A vascular lesion formed by dilatation of a group of small blood vessels. It may appear as a birthmark or become apparent in young children. It may also be caused by long-term sun exposure. Although the lesion may occur anywhere on the skin, it is seen most frequently on the face and thighs.
    Keywords: Vascular lesion, spider veins, Vascular Diseases

  3. Spider Angioma, Cheek

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    Description: Spider angioma, cheek A superficial spider-like cluster of capillaries composed of a central ‘feeder’ vessel and multiple minute tortuous and dilated radiating vessels with a peripheral erythaema; when the involved vessel is large, it may pulsate and blanch on pressure; while classically due to increased circulating oestrogens as seen in pregnancy and alcoholic cirrhosis, SAs may occur in chronic hepatic congestion 2º to constrictive pericarditis and may be a normal birthmark in children
    Keywords: Vascular Diseases, spider nevus, swollen blood vessel, telangiectasia, spider telangiectasia, nevus araneus, vascular spider

  4. Spider Angioma

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    Description: Spider angioma A superficial spider-like cluster of capillaries composed of a central ‘feeder’ vessel and multiple minute tortuous and dilated radiating vessels with a peripheral erythaema; when the involved vessel is large, it may pulsate and blanch on pressure; while classically due to increased circulating oestrogens as seen in pregnancy and alcoholic cirrhosis, SAs may occur in chronic hepatic congestion 2º to constrictive pericarditis and may be a normal birthmark in children
    Keywords: telangiectasia, Vascular Diseases, swollen blood vessel, vascular spider, nevus araneus, spider nevus, spider telangiectasia

  5. Spider Angioma, Diffuse

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    Description: Spider angioma, diffuse A superficial spider-like cluster of capillaries composed of a central ‘feeder’ vessel and multiple minute tortuous and dilated radiating vessels with a peripheral erythaema; when the involved vessel is large, it may pulsate and blanch on pressure; while classically due to increased circulating oestrogens as seen in pregnancy and alcoholic cirrhosis, SAs may occur in chronic hepatic congestion 2º to constrictive pericarditis and may be a normal birthmark in children
    Keywords: spider nevus, Vascular Diseases, telangiectasia, vascular spider, swollen blood vessel, nevus araneus, spider telangiectasia