Journal de la dermatite

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Acquired Tufted Angioma: A Clinicopathological Entity

Manisha Nijhawan, Shivi Nijhawan, Kingshuk Chatterjee, Govind srivastava and Virendra N Sehgal

Acquired angioma, an asymptomatic clinicopathologic entity derived from cells of the vascular or lymphatic vessel walls and the lymphatic wall tissues surrounding these vessels, a significant benign skin marker, tufted angioma being one of them wherein its histopathology is characterized by multiple circumscribed round or ovoid vascular tufts and lobules of densely packed capillaries, randomly scattered throughout the mid, lower dermis and subcutaneous fat in a typical “Cannon Ball Pattern”, the relevant literature has been reviewed in brief.