Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult

Tufted angioma (TA) is a rare benign vascular neoplasm, localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissues, occurring primarily on the trunk and extremities of children. The lesions are usually asymptomatic but, rarely, paroxysmal painful episodes may be associated. The occurrence of eruptive TA is stil...

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Main Authors:	Sudip Kumar Ghosh, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Arghyaprasun Ghosh, Surajit Kumar Biswas, Kuntal Deb Barma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Dermatology
Subjects:	Eruptive painful tufted angioma
Online Access:	http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=4;spage=412;epage=414;aulast=Ghosh

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spelling	doaj-984aac0a3adc45e29726d028727c15d92020-11-24T23:27:24ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dermatology0019-51541998-36112011-01-0156441241410.4103/0019-5154.84741Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adultSudip Kumar GhoshDebabrata BandyopadhyayArghyaprasun GhoshSurajit Kumar BiswasKuntal Deb BarmaTufted angioma (TA) is a rare benign vascular neoplasm, localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissues, occurring primarily on the trunk and extremities of children. The lesions are usually asymptomatic but, rarely, paroxysmal painful episodes may be associated. The occurrence of eruptive TA is still rarer and had been described almost exclusively in association with immunocompromised states. We report here a case of acquired painful multifocal tufted angiomas on the face and neck in an immunocompetent young adult.http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=4;spage=412;epage=414;aulast=GhoshEruptivepainfultufted angioma
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author	Sudip Kumar Ghosh Debabrata Bandyopadhyay Arghyaprasun Ghosh Surajit Kumar Biswas Kuntal Deb Barma
spellingShingle	Sudip Kumar Ghosh Debabrata Bandyopadhyay Arghyaprasun Ghosh Surajit Kumar Biswas Kuntal Deb Barma Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult Indian Journal of Dermatology Eruptive painful tufted angioma
author_facet	Sudip Kumar Ghosh Debabrata Bandyopadhyay Arghyaprasun Ghosh Surajit Kumar Biswas Kuntal Deb Barma
author_sort	Sudip Kumar Ghosh
title	Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult
title_short	Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult
title_full	Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult
title_fullStr	Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult
title_full_unstemmed	Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult
title_sort	acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Indian Journal of Dermatology
issn	0019-5154 1998-3611
publishDate	2011-01-01
description	Tufted angioma (TA) is a rare benign vascular neoplasm, localized to the skin and subcutaneous tissues, occurring primarily on the trunk and extremities of children. The lesions are usually asymptomatic but, rarely, paroxysmal painful episodes may be associated. The occurrence of eruptive TA is still rarer and had been described almost exclusively in association with immunocompromised states. We report here a case of acquired painful multifocal tufted angiomas on the face and neck in an immunocompetent young adult.
topic	Eruptive painful tufted angioma
url	http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=4;spage=412;epage=414;aulast=Ghosh
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Acquired multifocal tufted angiomas in an immunocompetent young adult

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