Angiomatosis: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Angiomatosis

Proliferating Angioendotheliomatosis

Diffuse dermal angiomatosis of the breast. Arch Dermatol 2006;142:343-7. Draper BK, Boyd AS. Diffuse dermal angiomatosis. J Cutan Pathol 2006;33:646-8. [gs.amegroups.com]

(This case report is a good illustration of the "diffuse dermal angiomatosis" variant of reactive angiomatosis.) Utermann, S, Kahle, B, Petzoldt, D. [dermatologyadvisor.com]

Figure 1 Left breast of a patient with diffuse dermal angiomatosis. [gs.amegroups.com]

Retinal Angioma

angiomatosis [ an″je-o-mah-to´sis ] the presence of multiple angiomas. angiomatosis of retina diseased retinal blood vessels with subretinal hemorrhages. an·gi·o·ma·to·sis [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

To make sure patients with retinal angiomatosis are properly identified, Dr. [healio.com]

Early ophthalmological examination of patients with retinal angiomatosis is a great challenge, since these lesions can only be successfully treated at an early stage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gorham-Stout Disease

The case of a 2 1/2-year-old boy with diffuse cystic angiomatosis of bone is presented. No evidence of visceral involvement was recorded. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

(OMIM phenotype number #123880 ) Cystic angiomatosis of bone/Gorham-Stout disease (GSD), (also known as massive osteolysis, vanishing bone disease, and phantom bone disease [iofbonehealth.org]

An aggressive destruction pattern resulting in joint deformation has not been described in skeletal cystic angiomatosis (SCA) so far. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Infantile Choroidocerebral Calcification Syndrome

Synonym(s): cephalotrigeminal angiomatosis ; encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis ; Sturge-Kalischer-Weber syndrome ; Sturge-Weber disease [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Macrocephaly in association with unusual cutaneous angiomatosis. J Pediatr 1975;87:353–359. 6. Jaksch H, Bewermeyer H, Dreesbach HA, Heiss WD. [synapse.koreamed.org]

STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME Is also known as encephalofacial angiomatosis; encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis; sws; sturge-weber-dimitri syndrome; sturge-weber-krabbe angiomatosis [mendelian.co]

Bacillary Angiomatosis

Seven immunocompromised patients (six with AIDS and one patient with acute leukaemia) had bacillary angiomatosis confirmed by histology. [doi.org]

bacillary angiomatosis, Bacillary angiomatosis, Bacillary angiomatosis (disorder), Bacillary Epithelioid Angiomatosis, Epithelioid Angiomatosis Dutch angiomatose bacillair [fpnotebook.com]

Clinical, diagnostic and epidemiological evaluation of 37 speciated bacillary angiomatosis cases in the literature, including the seven patients in our study. [doi.org]

Cobb Syndrome

It is stressed the importance of clinical suspicion of cutaneo-meningospinal angiomatosis based on a spinal cord syndrome in the presence of a vascular skin nevus of the same [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Treatment of cutaneous vertebral medullary angiomatosis. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2010. 90: 882-5 6. [surgicalneurologyint.com]

Cutaneomeningo-spinal angiomatosis: The syndrome of Cobb.A case report. Neuropediatrics. 1990. 21: 160-1 2. Cobb S. [surgicalneurologyint.com]

Wyburn-Mason Syndrome

The association between Wyburn-Mason syndrome and cutaneous reactive angiomatosis is also a novel finding. [scholars.northwestern.edu]

The association between Wyburn-Mason syndrome and cutaneous reactive angiomatosis is also a novel finding. [ Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2015;46:760–762.] [healio.com]

The disease, also called retinoencephalofacial angiomatosis, includes lesions of the retina, brain, and skin. [thejns.org]

Pseudopyogenic Granuloma

Other differentials can be pseudo-Kaposi sarcoma [ 1 - 4 ] and Bacillary angiomatosis. [omicsonline.org]

Correlation Pranav Sharma, Priti Soin, Manish Chugh, Pradeep Goyal J Clin Imaging Sci 9 (9) 1-4 (30 April 2019) Case report: Rare Coexistence of a Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma and Angiomatosis [clinicalimagingscience.org]

Congenital neurocutaneous syndromes associated with angiomatosis. [ispub.com]

Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Sturge Weber Syndrome (SWS) is also known as encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis. [epilepsy.com]

Sturge-Weber Disease Meningeal capillary angiomatosis Leptomeningeal angiomatosis Encephalofacial angiomatosis Sturge-Weber-Dimitri syndrome Sturge Weber syndrome STURGE-WEBER [wikidata.org]

Neuroimaging studies show leptomeningeal angiomatosis, supporting diagnosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

[…] a history or clinical evidence of retinal angiomatosis in at least 1 eye. [doi.org]

The prevalence of RCHs was lowest (14.5%) among patients with complete deletions; the overall prevalence of retinal angiomatosis was 37.2%. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Retinal Angiomatosis Angiomatosis, Familial Cerebelloretinal [bioportal.bioontology.org]

Splenitis

Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary splenitis may occur in the absence of demonstrable immunodeficiency. [annals.org]

Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. [journals.lww.com]

Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary splenitis in immunocompetent adults. [diki.pl]

Erythema Elevatum Diutinum

AB - Erythema elevatum diutinum (EED) is emerging as a specific HIV-associated dermatosis which can be easily misdiagnosed as Kaposi's sarcoma or bacillary angiomatosis. [yonsei.pure.elsevier.com]

As the disease is poorly known, it is easily confused with Kaposi's sarcoma or bacillary angiomatosis, but the histopathological features are diagnostic. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinically, Kaposi's sarcoma or bacillary angiomatosis was suspected and the case was evaluated. [e-ijd.org]

Cat Scratch Fever

We studied liver tissue from eight HIV-infected patients with peliosis hepatis, two of whom also had cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis. [doi.org]

Unraveling Mysteries Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Related Syndromes. Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal. [web.archive.org]

Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis. 1993;17(4):612–624. 14. [aafp.org]

Cat Scratch Meningoencephalitis

Bacillary angiomatosis and bacillary peliosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis. 1993;17(4):612–624. 14. [aafp.org]

Bacillary angiomatosis in an immunosuppressed dog. Vet Dermatol. 2010;21:420-428. MORRIS 2015 [askjpc.org]

Bacillary angiomatosis is primarily a vascular skin lesion that may extend to bone or be present in other areas of the body. [monsterologist.blogspot.com]

Phakomatosis Pigmentokeratotica

Dimitri Disease Encephalofacial Angiomatosis Encephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis Leptomeningeal Angiomatosis Meningeal Capillary Angiomatosis Sturge-Kalischer-Weber Syndrome [diki.pl]

Sturge-Weber syndrome), and cerebroretinal angiomatosis (von Hippel-Lindau disease). [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Kinds of phakomatosis include cerebroretinal angiomatosis, von Recklinghausen's disease, encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, and tuberous sclerosis. [psychologydictionary.org]

Homocystinuria

Several studies have pointed out that early diagnosis and institution of treatment and dietary restriction is likely to slow the progression of disease in homocystinuria as well as to reverse some of the features. If family history and sibling history suggest homocystinuria, screening tests should be advised. Early[…] [emedicine.medscape.com]

Bartonella Infection

We sought to determine whether lobular capillary hemangioma is caused by the same agent as bacillary angiomatosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Microscopic bacillary angiomatosis lesions are characterized by tumor-like capillary lobules, with proliferating endothelial cells. [cmr.asm.org]

Abstract Lobular capillary hemangioma and bacillary angiomatosis due to Bartonella infection share several clinical and histopathologic characteristics. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Peliosis Hepatis

Bacillary peliosis hepatis seemed likely to have the same etiologic agent as bacillary angiomatosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

METHODS: We studied liver tissue from eight HIV-infected patients with peliosis hepatis, two of whom also had cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] group of emerging zoonotic infectious diseases comprised of at least a dozen species of the genus Bartonella, which can cause cat-scratch fever, trench fever, bacillary angiomatosis [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Hereditary Neurocutaneous Angiomata

Cystic angiomatosis is a nonaggressive form of skeletal angiomatosis with multifocal involvement, predominantly affecting the trunk bones. [ijpmonline.org]

Angiomatosis: a vascular malformation of infancy and childhood. Pathology 1987 ; 19 : 377 – 382. 56. Rao, VK, Weiss, SW. [cambridge.org]

DIGESTIF PATHOLOGIE MALFORMATION HOMME DERMATOLOGIE PATHOLOGIE DIGESTIVE GASTROENTEROLOGIE Keyword (en) BLUE RUBBER BLEB NAEVUS ANGIOMA DISSEMINATED SKIN DIGESTIVE TRACT ANGIOMATOSIS [pascal-francis.inist.fr]

HIV-Associated Opportunistic Infections

(causing bacillary angiomatosis) Rhodococcus equi Nocardia spp. [news-medical.net]

Systemic Bartonellosis

Virtually identical angiomatous lesions (bacillary angiomatosis) are seen in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and are caused by the genetically related [nejm.org]

Bacillary angiomatosis and peliosis hepatis Both B. henselae and B. quintana may cause bacillary angiomatosis, which most often occurs in HIV-positive patients. [ 6 ] Patients [patient.info]

Bacillary angiomatosis. Used with permission of NEJM. [cdc.gov]

Spindle Cell Hemangioma

Differential Diagnosis Perilobular hemangioma Hemangioma Angiomatosis Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia High grade carcinoma or other neoplasm Post-irradiation atypical [surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu]

Am J Surg Pathol 3:221–228 PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar Davies MG (1995) Coccal nail fold angiomatosis. [link.springer.com]

Congenital neurocutaneous syndromes associated with angiomatosis. [ispub.com]

Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma

The CT appearance of associated retinal angiomatosis is also described. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

"Zur Frage der Angiomatosis Retinae und Ihrer Hirncomplikation". [en.wikipedia.org]

Ber Dtsch Ophthal Ges, 32 (1906), pp. 184–195 ↑ Lindau A Zur Frage der Angiomatosis retinae und ihrer Hirnkomplikationen. [eyewiki.aao.org]

Choroid Hemangioma

以後数多くの報告があり，多くの人々により述べられているように，いわゆるEncephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis （Sturge—Weber Syndrome）の場合は臨床診断が容易であるが，脈絡膜血管腫が孤立して存在する場合の診断，特に悪性黒色腫Malignant melanomaとの鑑別診断はきわめて困難である。 [webview.isho.jp]

The Sturge-Weber syndrome (encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis) is a neurocutaneous syndrome manifesting as facial and leptomeningeal angiomas, and ocular involvement manifesting [ijri.org]

[…] complications. [ Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017;48:572–575. ] Introduction A choroidal hemangioma is a vascular hamartoma that may occur as a diffuse choroidal angiomatosis [healio.com]

Melhem-Fahl Syndrome

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (type II) Men Mend-Meno Mendelian susceptibility to atypical mycobacteria Menetrier's disease Mengel Konigsmark syndrome M�ni�re's disease Meningeal angiomatosis [statemaster.com]

Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (type II) Mendelian susceptibility to atypical mycobacteria Mengel Konigsmark syndrome Meningeal angiomatosis [mindmappedia.com]

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (type II) Men Mend-Meno Mendelian susceptibility to atypical mycobacteria Menetrier's disease Mengel Konigsmark syndrome Ménière's disease Meningeal angiomatosis [bionity.com]

Trench Fever

Bacillary angiomatosis in immunocompromised individuals – more widespread cutaneous lesions with a possibility of an involvement of visceral organs. [symptoma.com]

For more information on bacillary angiomatosis and treatment of Bartonella infections in immunocompromised patients, please read: HIV and Bartonella: Bacillary Angiomatosis [healio.com]

Bacillary angiomatosis in immunocompetent individuals - cutaneous lesions with or without regional lymphadenopathy and without other systemic symptoms. [symptoma.com]

Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome

To the authors' knowledge, this is the first canine case of multi-system progressive angiomatosis resembling blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome in humans. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare angiomatosis characterized by distinctive cutaneous and gastrointestinal venous malformations that result in gastrointestinal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The lesions do not represent nevi, which is why a more appropriate term would be "blue rubber bleb angiomatosis". [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tufted Angioma

Histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings excluded Kaposi's sarcoma and bacillary angiomatosis, the two vascular proliferations most frequently seen in the immunocompromised [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Low-grade angiosarcoma ; Kaposi hemangioendothelioma ; Bacillary angiomatosis; Pyogenic granuloma ; Glomeruloid hemangioma ; Masson's tumour; Spindle cell hemangioendothelioma [histopathology-india.net]

[…] with thrombocytopenia（MLT/CAT）・Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis（KLA）・PTEN（type）hamartoma of soft tissue /“angiomatosis”of soft tissue S．昔のISSVA分類にみられた病名・Targetoid hemangioma [molcom.jp]

Diffuse Pulmonary Lymphangiomatosis

Zelger B. 2018 2 Bacillary Angiomatosis in an Immunocompetent Individual. ( 29854648 ) Nikam B.P....Kale M. 2018 3 Angiomatosis of the Orbit: Clinical, Imaging, and Histologic [malacards.org]

Rosado-de-Christenson, MD, FACR TERMINOLOGY Abbreviations and Synonyms Diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis (DPL) Synonym: Diffuse pulmonary angiomatosis; uncertain nature [radiologykey.com]

Diffuse pulmonary angiomatosis. Thorax 1991; 46:851-3 8 Faul JL, Berry GJ, Colby TV, et al. [e-immunohistochemistry.info]

Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy Type 1

[…] generalized lipodystrophy light and electron microscopic observations. 56 Afifi AK...Najjar S 1011408 1976 26 Congenital generalized lipodystrophy accompanied by cystic angiomatosis [malacards.org]

0001735 Autosomal recessive inheritance 0000007 Cirrhosis Scar tissue replaces healthy tissue in the liver 0001394 Clitoral hypertrophy Enlarged clitoris 0008665 Cystic angiomatosis [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]