title: Cellular angiolipoma.
abstract: A 25-year-old man had a 5-year history of multiple tender lesions of both extremities and trunk. Biopsy found an encapsulated subcutaneous nodule composed of numerous small, well-formed blood vessels, some filled with fibrin thrombi. This lesion was made up > 99.9% of blood vessels with only a minimal amount of adipose tissue. We believe our case is in the spectrum of angiolipoma even though it is made up almost entirely of a vascular component. These tumors may be confused with other multiple or eruptive vascular lesions that have a more ominous clinical course. This case is being reported to stress that multiple or eruptive "vascular" lesions do not always reflect an underlying immunosuppression or malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118-2515, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kanik
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhawan
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D018206:Angiolipoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005337:Fibrin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D005337:Fibrin