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Cardiology. 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. [ 3][ 4] If scratched, they may bleed. [ 5]
Hard lump with a scaly top or ulceration. [ 1] Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma ( cSCC ), also known as squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous-cell skin cancer, is one of the three principal types of skin cancer, alongside basal-cell carcinoma and melanoma. [ 10] cSCC typically presents as a hard lump with a scaly surface, though it ...
Livedo reticularis is a common skin finding consisting of a mottled reticulated vascular pattern that appears as a lace-like purplish discoloration of the skin. [ 1] The discoloration is caused by reduction in blood flow through the arterioles that supply the cutaneous capillaries, resulting in deoxygenated blood showing as blue discoloration.
Basal-cell carcinoma. Basal-cell carcinoma ( BCC ), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma[ 7] or rodent ulcer, [ 8] is the most common type of skin cancer. [ 2] It often appears as a painless raised area of skin, which may be shiny with small blood vessels running over it. [ 1] It may also present as a raised area with ulceration. [ 1]
Actinic keratosis ( AK ), sometimes called solar keratosis or senile keratosis, [ 1][ 2] is a pre-cancerous [ 3] area of thick, scaly, or crusty skin. [ 4][ 5] Actinic keratosis is a disorder ( -osis) of epidermal keratinocytes that is induced by ultraviolet (UV) light exposure ( actin- ). [ 6] These growths are more common in fair-skinned ...
In people with lighter skin tones, the patches may look like red rashes or sunburns, the AAD says, while people with darker skin tones may see darker brown or purple rashes. As the cancer ...
Schamberg's disease, or progressive pigmented purpuric dermatosis, is a chronic discoloration of the skin which usually affects the legs and often spreads slowly. This disease is more common in males and may occur at any age from childhood onward. This condition is observed worldwide and has nothing to do with race or ethnic background.
Based on clinical examination, skin biopsy. Treatment. Electrodesiccation and curettage, cryotherapy. A seborrheic keratosis is a non-cancerous ( benign) skin tumour that originates from cells, namely keratinocytes, in the outer layer of the skin called the epidermis. Like liver spots, seborrheic keratoses are seen more often as people age. [ 4]