Telangiectasia: A cluster of dilated blood vessels on the skin's surface. See free access online books about Telangiectasia below. See detailed information below for a list of 74 causes of Telangiectasia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Telangiectasia as a symptom include:
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causes of Telangiectasia
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Small red dots, usually on the face and hands, resulting from tiny blood vessels showing through the skin's surface. (Source: excerpt from Handout on Health Scleroderma: NIAMS)
Small red dots, usually on the face and hands, resulting from tiny blood vessels showing through the skin's surface. (Source: excerpt from Handout on Health Scleroderma: NIAMS)
Telangiectasia: Dilation of previously existing small or terminal vessels of a part. SYN: angiotelectasis, angiotelectasia. [G. telos, end, + angeion, vessel, + ektasis, a stretching out]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Localized convolution and dilatation of a group of small blood vessels, leading to hemorrhage and angioma.
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Localized convolution and dilatation of a group of small blood vessels, leading to hemorrhage and angioma.
- (Source - CRISP)
The list below shows some of the causes of Telangiectasia mentioned in various sources:
See full list of 74 causes of Telangiectasia
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Telangiectasia. Of the 74 causes of Telangiectasia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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Telangiectases, Telangiectasis
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Medical Conditions associated with Telangiectasia:
Varicose veins (50 causes), Skin symptoms (3572 causes), Skin color changes (1649 causes), Skin problems (3304 causes), Blood vessel symptoms (136 causes)
Symptoms related to Telangiectasia:
Ataxia Telangiectasia, Cirrhosis of the liver, Osler's disease, Pulmonary edema (23 causes), Rosacea, Scleroderma
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