Acquired tufted angioma showing spontaneous regression

Br J Dermatol. 1992 Dec;127(6):645-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb14881.x.

Abstract

We report a 62-year-old woman with acquired tufted angioma. Several scattered reddish nodules were present on the neck and upper chest. During a follow-up period of 6 months, some of the lesions showed transient spontaneous regression and one disappeared completely. Electron microscopy revealed that a few tumour cells contained Weibel-Palade bodies in their cytoplasm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Hemangioma / pathology*
  • Hemangioma / ultrastructure
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lectins / analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Plant Lectins*
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • von Willebrand Factor / analysis

Substances

  • Lectins
  • Plant Lectins
  • Ulex europaeus lectins
  • von Willebrand Factor