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'''Painful skin lesions''' are '''Blue ANGEL''':<ref>URL: [http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_neoplasms.htm http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_neoplasms.htm]. Accessed on: 27 July 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid8436643>{{cite journal |author=Naversen DN, Trask DM, Watson FH, Burket JM |title=Painful tumors of the skin: "LEND AN EGG" |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=28 |issue=2 Pt 2 |pages=298–300 |year=1993 |month=February |pmid=8436643 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
[[Image:Glomus tumour - 2 - very high mag.jpg|thumb|right|Micrograph of a painful skin lesion ([[glomus tumour]]).]]
'''Painful skin lesions''' have a limited differential diagnosis.
 
Many are vascular (e.g. glomus tumour) or have a prominent vascular component (e.g. spiradenoma); think "throbbing blood vessels".
 
Several of are or neural origin; think "tweaked nerves".
 
==A common memory device==
'''Blue ANGEL''':<ref>URL: [http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_neoplasms.htm http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_neoplasms.htm]. Accessed on: 27 July 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid8436643>{{cite journal |author=Naversen DN, Trask DM, Watson FH, Burket JM |title=Painful tumors of the skin: "LEND AN EGG" |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=28 |issue=2 Pt 2 |pages=298–300 |year=1993 |month=February |pmid=8436643 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Blue rubber bleb nevus|'''Blue''' rubber bleb nevus]].
*[[Blue rubber bleb nevus|'''Blue''' rubber bleb nevus]].
*[[angiolipoma|'''A'''ngiolipoma]].
*[[angiolipoma|'''A'''ngiolipoma]].
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*[[leiomyoma|'''L'''eiomyoma]].
*[[leiomyoma|'''L'''eiomyoma]].


Notice that many of these are vascular (e.g. glomus tumor) or have a prominent vascular component (e.g. spiradenoma) - throbbing blood vessels.
==An alternate memory device==
Several of these are or neural origin - tweaked nerves.
'''LEND AN EGG''':<ref name=pmid8436643/>
 
==Alternate==
An alternate is '''LEND AN EGG''':<ref name=pmid8436643/>
*[[Leiomyoma]].  
*[[Leiomyoma]].  
*[[Eccrine spiradenoma]].  
*[[Eccrine spiradenoma]].  
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*[[Dermatofibroma]].  
*[[Dermatofibroma]].  
*[[Angiolipoma]].
*[[Angiolipoma]].
*[[Neurilemmoma]].  
*[[Schwannoma|Neurilemmoma]].  
*[[Endometrioma]].  
*[[Endometrioma]].  
*[[Glomus tumour]].
*[[Glomus tumour]].

Latest revision as of 21:28, 11 July 2016

Micrograph of a painful skin lesion (glomus tumour).

Painful skin lesions have a limited differential diagnosis.

Many are vascular (e.g. glomus tumour) or have a prominent vascular component (e.g. spiradenoma); think "throbbing blood vessels".

Several of are or neural origin; think "tweaked nerves".

A common memory device

Blue ANGEL:[1][2]

An alternate memory device

LEND AN EGG:[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ URL: http://www.dermpathmd.com/mnemonics/mnemonics_neoplasms.htm. Accessed on: 27 July 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Naversen DN, Trask DM, Watson FH, Burket JM (February 1993). "Painful tumors of the skin: "LEND AN EGG"". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 28 (2 Pt 2): 298–300. PMID 8436643.
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