Difference between revisions of "Venous lake"

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Venous lake is a benign skin lesion.

Clinical:

Features:^[2]

DDx:

Angiokeratoma.
- Ectatic superficial dermal vessels.
- Irregular acanthosis.
- Longer rete ridges.
Cherry hemangioma.^[3]

SKIN LESION, RIGHT CHEEK, BIOPSY:
- VENOUS LAKE.
- SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
- NEGATIVE FOR NEVUS.

↑ URL: http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-969536424. Accessed on: 13 August 2012.
↑ Weedon's Skin Pathology. 3rd Ed. P.895.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 551. ISBN 978-0443066542.

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-#redirect [[Dermal_cysts#Venous_lake]]
+'''Venous lake''' is a benign [[skin]] lesion.
+==General==
+*Dilated vein.
+Clinical:
+*Blanch with pressure.<ref>URL: [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-969536424 http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/IndexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=-969536424]. Accessed on: 13 August 2012.</ref>
+===Gross===
+*Purple/blue spot.
+==Microscopic==
+Features:<ref>Weedon's Skin Pathology. 3rd Ed. P.895.</ref>
+*Lined by endothelium.
+*Blood in lumen.
+*+/-Fibrin in lumen.
+*+/-[[Solar elastosis]] - very common.<ref name=Ref_Derm551>{{Ref Derm|551}}</ref>
+DDx:
+*[[Angiokeratoma]].
+**Ectatic superficial dermal vessels.
+**Irregular [[acanthosis]].
+**Longer rete ridges.
+*[[Cherry hemangioma]].<ref name=Ref_Derm551>{{Ref Derm|551}}</ref>
+<!-- ====Images==== -->
+==Sign out==
+<pre>
+SKIN LESION, RIGHT CHEEK, BIOPSY:
+- VENOUS LAKE.
+- SOLAR ELASTOSIS.
+- NEGATIVE FOR NEVUS.
+</pre>
+==See also==
+*[[Dermal cysts]].
+==References==
+{{Reflist|1}}
+[[Category:Diagnosis]]
+[[Category:Dermatopathology]]