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Case Reports
. 2019 Feb 17;7(4):612-615.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2007. eCollection 2019 Apr.

Cutaneous lymphangioma circumscriptum: The relevance of clinical, dermoscopic, radiological, and histological assessments

Mabel D A Gomides  1 , Laís D Costa  1 , Alceu L C V Berbert  1 , Renata S Janones  1
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Cutaneous lymphangioma circumscriptum: The relevance of clinical, dermoscopic, radiological, and histological assessments

Mabel D A Gomides et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Cutaneous lymphangioma circumscriptum (CLC) is a rare congenital malformation of the superficial cutaneous lymphatic ducts. Case report: A 7-year-old boy presented plaque with grouped vesicles resembling a "frog spawn" on the upper left thigh, since 4 months old. The clinical, dermatoscopic and histopathological correlation is of great importance.

Keywords: cystic tumor; dermoscopy; lymphangioma; vascular malformations.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Cutaneous lymphangioma circumscriptum. Well‐defined, irregular, brownish plaque of 15 × 4 cm, surmounted by small grouped translucent vesicles with a serohematic content and satellite lesions with the same characteristics on the upper left thigh
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cutaneous lymphangioma circumscriptum. Dermoscopy examination: Brown‐orange lacunes in the upper portion and red‐violet in the lower portion (hypopio‐like), wrapped by pale septa
Figure 3
Figure 3
Cutaneous lymphangioma circumscriptum. MRI of the left thigh: Serpiginous‐like structures in the subcutaneous tissue on the anterolateral face of the thigh root on the left, which are isointense in relation to musculature in T1
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