| (Senile
Angioma, Campbell de Morgan spots)
Cherry angioma is a common
skin lesion usually noted in elderly adults as single or multiple
small, smooth, cherry-red papules .
This lesion
usually occurs in elderly patients and
suggests that their occurrence is
an age-related degenerative phenomenon.
Age:
Incidence rises sharply after
fourth decade.
Site:
Usually located on the trunk or
upper extremities.
Microscopic features:
Small early lesion: Dilated
interconnecting thin-walled vessels in the papillary dermis.
Older lesion: Polypoid lesion ;
Loss of rete ridges ; Interconnecting vascular channels in the subepithelial
connective tissue ; Scant intervening stroma ; A collarette at the
periphery.
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