Angiokeratoma is a benign vascular ectasia confined to the papillary dermis accompanied with hyperkeratosis, papillomatosis and acanthosis of superimposed epidermis. Angiokeratoma demonstrates a characteristic appearance of a superficial, vascular ectasia in concurrence with hyperplasia, acanthosis or hyperkeratosis of overlying epithelium. Angiokeratomas can occur in a variety of clinical settings. Lesions can be solitary or multiple and diffuse [1].

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Citation: Anubha Bajaj. “The Recherche’ Ectasia- Angiokeratoma Circumscriptum".Acta Scientific Pharmacology 1.7 (2020): 01-05.

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