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Acquired progressive lymphangioma
Linda Y Hwang1, Carrie K Guill, Rob N Page
1Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|October 25, 2003
Abstract:
Acquired progressive lymphangioma is a very rare disorder that presents in childhood or early adolescence as a lymphatic proliferation that gradually enlarges. It most commonly involves an extremity and is typically characterized as an indurated plaque that may be brownish-red, violaceous, or yellow. We report the case of a 15-year-old boy with a 10-year history of acquired progressive lymphangioma on the sole.
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