Acquired nevoid telangiectasia.
BACKGROUND
Acquired nevoid telangiectasia (ANT) is a segmental dilatation of papillary plexus vessels.


OBJECTIVE
In the present study, the frequency of ANT and its associations with collagen vascular and spinal disease have been investigated.


METHODS
188 unselected patients, seen at an interdisciplinary dermatorheumatologic outpatient clinic, were clinically examined for the presence of ANT and possible associations to preexisting disease.


RESULTS
ANT was seen in 17% of patients, all females. The mean age of ANT patients was 57.5 +/- 8.2 years. Most common diseases were lupus erythematosus and scleroderma. Twenty-four of them suffered from generalized fibromyalgia, 8 had spondylitis deformans, 1 suffered from thoracal syringomyelia and 1 had a spine trauma. Two types of ANT have been seen: the cervicothoracal transition type and the lumbosacral transition type.


CONCLUSIONS
ANT is not uncommon among patients attending a dermatorheumatologic outpatient clinic. ANT indicates spinal or neuromuscular complaints, but is not related to collagen vascular disease itself.
Wollina
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Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany. uwol@derma.uni-jena.de
Barta
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Uhlemann
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Oelzner
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*