Familial predisposition to tufted angioma: identification of blood and lymphatic vascular components.

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Tufted angioma is a rare benign vascular lesion of unknown etiology which mainly affects children under 5 years. It is characterized by nodules or tufts of capillary-sized vessels in the dermis. Here we report the second familial occurrence of tufted angioma, with a mode of inheritance compatible with a monogenic autosomal dominant trait with reduced penetrance. A preliminary investigation was performed to...

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