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Cherry angioma, also called cherry hemangioma [1] or Campbell de Morgan Spot, [2] is a small bright red dome-shaped bump on the skin. [3] It ranges between 0.5 – 6 mm in diameter and usually several are present, typically on the chest and arms, and increasing in number with age.
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cryotherapy [ edit on Wikidata ] Cryosurgery (with cryo from the Ancient Greek κρύο ' icy cold ' ) is the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue; [ 1 ] thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation .
An infantile hemangioma (IH), sometimes called a strawberry mark due to appearance, is a type of benign vascular tumor or anomaly that affects babies. [1] [2] Other names include capillary hemangioma, [6] "strawberry hemangioma", [7]: 593 strawberry birthmark [8] and strawberry nevus.
Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy.Cryotherapy can be used in many ways, including whole body exposure for therapeutic health benefits or may be used locally to treat a variety of tissue lesions.
Cutaneous angiomas are found on the surface of the skin and from the scalp to the soles of feet. [6] The lesions are rubbery, soft, tender and hemorrhagic, easily compressible and promptly refill after compression. [6] A physical examination is mostly used to diagnosis cutaneous angiomas on the surface of the skin.
Angiomas are benign tumors derived from cells of the vascular or lymphatic vessel walls (endothelium) or derived from cells of the tissues surrounding these vessels. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Angiomas are a frequent occurrence as patients age, but they might be an indicator of systemic problems such as liver disease.
An angioma refers to any type of benign vascular tumor. [2] Some vascular tumors can be associated with serious blood-clotting disorders, making correct diagnosis critical. [3] A vascular tumor may be described in terms of being highly vascularized, or poorly vascularized, referring to the degree of blood supply to the tumor.