title: Eruptive pseudoangiomatosis: a unique childhood exanthem?
abstract: We describe three children with an acute onset and spontaneous resolution of angioma-like papules during an apparent viral illness. A biopsy specimen from one patient revealed a unique histologic appearance that consisted of dilated dermal blood vessels with plump hobnail-shaped endothelial cells. On the basis of the natural history and histopathologic features of this exanthem, we suggest the name eruptive pseudoangiomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Dermatology), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Prose
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tope
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamino
mesh_terms: D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002610:Cheek; D002648:Child; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005121:Extremities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000473:pathology*