Disease or Syndrome
angiomatosis
Subclass of:
Vascular Diseases
Definitions related to angiomatosis:
  • A benign diffuse vascular proliferation usually occurring in young adults. It is characterized by the formation of capillary-sized and cavernous vascular spaces. Patients present with diffuse persistent swelling.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A condition with multiple tumor-like lesions caused either by congenital or developmental malformations of BLOOD VESSELS, or reactive vascular proliferations, such as in bacillary angiomatosis. Angiomatosis is considered non-neoplastic.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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