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Angiokeratoma circumscriptum naeviforme: a case report of a rare disease
Sudip Kumar Ghosh1, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Loknath Ghoshal
1Department of Dermatology, Venereology, & Leprosy, R G Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India. dr_skghosh@yahoo.co.in
Abstract:
Angiokeratomas are relatively rare vascular lesions characterized by ectasias of the papillary dermal blood vessels with secondary epidermal changes in the form of acanthosis and/or hyperkeratosis. Amongst the several variants of angiokeratomas, angiokeratoma circumscriptum is the least common one. Angiokeratoma circumscriptum naeviforme (ACN) is a still rarer type of angiokeratoma, which is typically seen at birth. We report here a case of linear, unilateral, verrucous plaques on the leg of a young man, diagnosed as ACN.
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