PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A M Al-Za’abi
AU  - D Ghazarian
AU  - G R Greenberg
AU  - J C Shaw
TI  - Eruptive tufted angiomas in a patient with Crohn’s disease
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2004.019018
DP  - 2005 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 214--216
VI  - 58
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/58/2/214.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/58/2/214.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2005 Feb 01; 58
AB  - Angioblastoma is a rare, benign vascular tumour composed of undifferentiated mesenchymal cells with a tendency to form lumina. This entity was first described by Nakagawa in 1949 as angioblastoma, and Wilson Jones was the first to use the term “tufted angioma” in 1976. Tufted angiomas usually occur in infancy and spread slowly. This report describes lesions from the right side of the forehead, forearms, and thighs of a 24 year old man with a four year history of Crohn’s disease, who was receiving infliximab in addition to long standing azathioprine and ciprofloxacillin. He developed numerous small itchy erythematous vascular appearing papules, which on histological examination resembled tufted angiomas, showing the classic “cannon ball” appearance. The lesions regressed within three months. This case may represent an eruptive acquired tufted angioma in which immunosuppression or drug induced modification of angiogenesis played a role in its development and regression. One previous case of eruptive tufted angioma has been reported in an immunosuppressed patient.