70 year old woman with nose lesion
Wed, 01/27/2010 - 18:40 — Tobi Quinto MD, MPH
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70 year old woman with punch biopsy of left lateral nose with question of blue nevus vs. pigmented basal cell carcinoma vs. melanoma.
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Diagnosis:
Venous lake
Venous lakes are fairly common vascular ectasias presenting on sun damaged skin of the elderly, showing a predilection for the lip.
Lesions may be multiple and measure up to 1 cm in diameter.
The pathogenesis may be due to possible defective stromal support.
Microscopic features: dilated and congested veins in the superficial dermis. No evidence of vascular proliferation.