Medical Definition of Nevus angiectodes

1. Red or purple-coloured vascular skin markings that develop shortly after birth. Most are usually painless and benign and sharply demarcated from surrounding skin, usually located on the head and neck, and grow rapidly. It is caused by proliferation of immature capillary vessels in active stroma, and is usually present at birth or occurs within the first two or three months of life. Some lesions (cavernous haemangioma) will disappear or become harder to see as the child approaches school age. Localised steroid injections have been used successfully to reduce the size of a birthmark but generally they undergo spontaneous regression and involution without scarring and normally require no treatment. (07 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nevus Angiectodes

nevi and melanomas
nevocyte
nevoid
nevoid
nevoid amentia
nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
nevoid elephantiasis
nevoid elephantiasis
nevoid hypertrichosis
nevolipoma
nevose
nevoxanthoendothelioma
nevus
nevus
nevus anaemicus
nevus angiectodes (current term)
nevus arachnoideus
nevus araneus
nevus cavernosus
nevus cell
nevus comedonicus
nevus elasticus of Lewandowski
nevus flammeus
nevus flammeus
nevus follicularis keratosis
nevus lipomatodes
nevus lymphaticus
nevus of ota
nevus papillomatosus
nevus pigmentosus

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