Neoplastic Process
angiokeratoma
[ an-jee-oh-ker-uh-toh-muh ]
Subclass of:
Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue
Definitions related to angiokeratoma:
  • A vascular lesion defined histologically as one or more dilated blood vessels lying directly subepidermal and showing an epidermal proliferative reaction. Clinically, angiokeratoma presents as a small, raised, dark-red spot.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • A vascular lesion in the papillary dermis resulting from ectasia of pre-existing vessels. It is associated with secondary proliferative changes in the overlying epidermis (hyperkeratosis). It can present with widespread lesions (angiokeratoma corporis diffusum, often associated with inborn errors of metabolism) or as a localized lesion (angiokeratoma of Fordyce, angiokeratoma circumscriptum, and angiokeratoma of Mibelli).
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A vascular, horny neoplasm of the skin characterized by TELANGIECTASIS and secondary epithelial changes including acanthosis and hyperkeratosis.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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