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'''Venous lake''' is a benign [[skin]] lesion.
 
==General==
*Dilated vein.
 
Clinical:
*Blanch with pressure.<ref>URL: [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-969536424 http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-969536424]. Accessed on: 13 August 2012.</ref>
 
===Gross===
*Purple/blue spot.
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref>Weedon's Skin Pathology. 3rd Ed. P.895.</ref>
*Lined by endothelium.
*Blood in lumen.
*+/-Fibrin in lumen.
*+/-[[Solar elastosis]] - very common.<ref name=Ref_Derm551>{{Ref Derm|551}}</ref>
 
DDx:
*[[Angiokeratoma]].
**Ectatic superficial dermal vessels.
**Irregular [[acanthosis]].
**Longer rete ridges.
*[[Cherry hemangioma]].<ref name=Ref_Derm551>{{Ref Derm|551}}</ref>
 
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SKIN LESION, RIGHT CHEEK, BIOPSY:
- VENOUS LAKE.
- SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
- NEGATIVE FOR NEVUS.
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==See also==
*[[Dermal cysts]].
 
==References==
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[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Dermatopathology]]

Revision as of 17:21, 26 August 2016

Venous lake is a benign skin lesion.

General

  • Dilated vein.

Clinical:

  • Blanch with pressure.[1]

Gross

  • Purple/blue spot.

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Lined by endothelium.
  • Blood in lumen.
  • +/-Fibrin in lumen.
  • +/-Solar elastosis - very common.[3]

DDx:


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SKIN LESION, RIGHT CHEEK, BIOPSY:
- VENOUS LAKE.
- SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
- NEGATIVE FOR NEVUS.

See also

References

  1. URL: http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-969536424. Accessed on: 13 August 2012.
  2. Weedon's Skin Pathology. 3rd Ed. P.895.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 551. ISBN 978-0443066542.