Korean J Dermatol.  1983 Oct;21(5):571-575.

Two Cases of Unilateral Nevoid Telangiectasia

• Jang IS
• Seo WP
• Kim JH
• Hyun JM
• Lee HW
• Lee YS

Abstract

Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia is a rare but clinica.lly distinct dermatosis first deacribed by Zeisler in 1922. It had been also called as linear telangiectasia or unilateral telangiectasia. Wilkin suggested the term unilateral dermatomal superficial telangiectasia, in 1977. There are some reports of congenital unilateral nevoid telangiectasia but it usually occurs in women during the puberty and the third decade. Clinically it is characterized by superficial telangiectatic lesions distributed along the dermatomes uniIaterally and usually on the upper part of the body. It was reported that unilateral nevoid telangiectasia was related with elevated serum estrogen level in the many cases. We present two patients, 23-year and 25-year-old male soldiers, whose leaions were consistent with unilateral nevoid telangiectasia elinically and histopathologically.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Adult
Estrogens
Female
Humans
Male
Military Personnel
Puberty
Skin Diseases
Telangiectasis*
Estrogens