title: Angiokeratoma circumscriptum naeviforme: a case report of a rare disease.
abstract: Angiokeratomas are relatively rare vascular lesions characterized by ectasias of the papillary dermal blood vessels with secondary epidermal changes in the form of acanthosis and/or hyperkeratosis. Amongst the several variants of angiokeratomas, angiokeratoma circumscriptum is the least common one. Angiokeratoma circumscriptum naeviforme (ACN) is a still rarer type of angiokeratoma, which is typically seen at birth. We report here a case of linear, unilateral, verrucous plaques on the leg of a young man, diagnosed as ACN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology, & Leprosy, R G Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India. dr_skghosh@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Sudip Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Debabrata
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: Loknath
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ghoshal
authors.forename: Susmit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haldar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000794:Angiokeratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult