Treatment of a tufted angioma with intense pulsed light.
Tufted angioma is a rare cutaneous angiomatous proliferation named because of its characteristic histologic pattern of grouped dermal capillary tufts. Lesions usually begin in infancy or early childhood but rarely are congenital. Clinical manifestations are dull red coalescent papules and plaques, most commonly located on the neck, shoulders, and upper back, and can sometimes be tender. Although transformation to malignancy has not been described, tufted angiomas do not tend to regress. Effective treatments reported in the literature are scarce. We report an adult case of tufted angioma, with unusual presentation as annular plaques, which was alleviated after treatment with intense pulsed light in terms of both cosmetics and discomfort.
Chiu
Cheng-Sheng
CS
Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yang
Li-Cheng
LC
Hong
Hong-Shang
HS
Kuan
Yue-Zon
YZ
D000328:Adult; D001415:Back / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D010789:Phototherapy; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*