Telangiectasia
Telangiectasia: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Normal variant (especially with wind or sun exposure)
Endocrine disease
Chronic liver disease (especially alcoholic cirrhosis)
Pregnancy, estrogen, or progesterone therapy
Topical steroid therapy (long-term)
Hyperthyroidism
Collagen-vascular disease
Lupus erythematosus, systemic or discoid
Dermatomyositis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic sclerosis, telangiectasia syndrome
Genetically transmitted disease
Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome (hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia)
Ataxia-telangiectasia
Fabry's disease
Xeroderma pigmentosum
States associated with prolonged vasodilatation (e.g., varicose veins, rosacea, polycythemia vera)
Peripheral vascular disease (e.g., livedo reticularis, erythema ab igne)
Neoplastic disease, especially
Breast cancer
Bile duct carcinoma
Carcinoid tumor
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Malignant angioendotheliomatosis
Radiation dermatitis
Mastocytosis
References
1. See Bibliography, 1.
2. See Bibliography, 3.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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