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Spider hemangioma

MedGen UID:
868473
•Concept ID:
C4022867
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0012522

Definition

A form of telangiectasis characterized by a central elevated red dot the size of a pinhead, representing an arteriole, with numerous small blood vessels that radiate out thereby resembling the legs of a spider. Characteristically, compression of the central arteriole causes the entire lesion to blanch, and the lesion quickly refills once the compression is released. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSpider hemangioma

Conditions with this feature

Phosphate transport defect
MedGen UID:
87455
•Concept ID:
C0342749
•
Disease or Syndrome
Glycogenosis due to glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency (G6P) type b, or glycogen storage disease (GSD) type 1b, is a type of glycogenosis due to G6P deficiency (see this term).
See: Condition Record
Phosphate transport defect

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of spider angioma with copper vapour laser radiation (578 nm) under dermoscopy control.
Ponomarev IV, Topchiy SB, Andrusenko YN, Shakina LD
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2023 Jan-Frebuary;89(1):122-125. doi: 10.25259/IJDVL_1049_2021. PMID: 36331845
S2k guideline: Laser therapy of the skin.
Paasch U, Zidane M, Baron JM, Bund T, Cappius HJ, Drosner M, Feise K, Fischer T, Gauglitz G, Gerber PA, Grunewald S, Herberger K, Jung A, Karsai S, Kautz G, Philipp C, Schädel D, Seitz AT, Nast A
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2022 Sep;20(9):1248-1267. Epub 2022 Sep 13 doi: 10.1111/ddg.14879. PMID: 36098675
Spider angiomas appearing during treatment with trihexyphenidyl.
HOLT CL
N Engl J Med 1953 Aug 20;249(8):318-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM195308202490803. PMID: 13087595

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Effectiveness and safety of a narrow band spectrum intense pulsed-light dye with long pulse Nd:YAG laser for treating facial vascular lesions.
Urdiales-Gálvez F, Castellano-Miralla A
J Cosmet Dermatol 2023 Jun;22 Suppl 2:8-15. doi: 10.1111/jocd.15772. PMID: 37318787

Therapy

Effectiveness and safety of a narrow band spectrum intense pulsed-light dye with long pulse Nd:YAG laser for treating facial vascular lesions.
Urdiales-Gálvez F, Castellano-Miralla A
J Cosmet Dermatol 2023 Jun;22 Suppl 2:8-15. doi: 10.1111/jocd.15772. PMID: 37318787
The role of cryosurgery in external ocular and periocular disease.
Fraunfelder FT, Wallace TR, Farris HE, Watkins J 3rd, Hendrickson R, Smead WJ, Limmer BL
Trans Sect Ophthalmol Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1977 Jul-Aug;83(4 Pt 1):713-24. PMID: 898492
Cryosurgery for ocular and periocular lesions.
Fraunfelder FT, Farris HE Jr, Wallace TR
J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1977 Jul-Aug;3(4):422-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1977.tb00323.x. PMID: 893764

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