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A reactive vascular disease belonging to the group of pseudo-caposi-sarcomas with capillary neoplasms in the upper corium, which occurs mainly in advanced chronic venous insufficiency but also in the suction area of negative pressure prostheses.
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Chronic venous insufficiency. Other causes: vascular malformations, trauma, hemodialysis shunts, negative pressure prostheses.
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Blurred, deep red to reddish brown, usually less symptomatic papules and plaques with smooth or scarlatinous scaly surface, which develop from the smallest red papules (see edge of the lesions). In addition, signs of chronic venous insufficiency, such as a feeling of heaviness in the extremities, oedema, dermatosclerosis and/or ulcer formation.
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- Brenner S, Martinez de Morentin E (2001) What's new in pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 15: 382-384
- Kapdagli H et al (1998) Pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma (Mali type). Int J Dermatol 37: 223-225
- Krengel S et al (1999) Kaposiforms, HHV-8 negative acroangiodermatitis in chronic venous insufficiency. Dermatologist 50: 208-213
- Larralde M et al (2001) Pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma with arteriovenous malformation. Pediatric dermatol 18: 325-327
- Mali JWH, Kuiper JP, Hamers AA (1965) Acro-Angiodermatitis of the Foot. Arch Dermat 92: 515-518
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Angiokeratomas, acral pseudolymphomatous childhood; Caposiform acroangiodermatitis; Mali syndrome; Pseudo-kaposi sarcoma (overview); Pseudosarcoma kaposi; Stewart's bluefarb syndrome;Outgoing links (9)
Acanthosis; Chronic venous insufficiency (overview); Dermatosclerosis; Dermis; Edema; Kaposi's sarcoma (overview); Pseudo-kaposi sarcoma (overview); Stewart's bluefarb syndrome; Venous leg ulcer;Disclaimer
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