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Angiomatosis
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Angiomatosis is a non-neoplastic condition^[1] presenting with little knots of capillaries in various organs. It consists of many angiomas.^[2]

These tend to be cavernous hemangiomas, which are sharply defined, sponge-like tumors composed of large, dilated, cavernous vascular spaces.

They often appear in:

References

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Arteriosclerosis	Atherosclerosis (Foam cells, Fatty streak, Atheroma, Intermittent claudication) · Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis · Arteriolosclerosis (Hyaline, Hyperplastic)

Stenosis	Renal artery stenosis · Carotid artery stenosis

Other	Fibromuscular dysplasia · Degos disease · Aortoiliac occlusive disease · Raynaud's phenomenon/Raynaud's disease · Erythromelalgia

Inflammation	Phlebitis

Venous thrombosis/ Thrombophlebitis	primarily lower limb (Deep vein thrombosis) abdomen (May-Thurner syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, Renal vein thrombosis) upper limb/torso (Paget-Schroetter disease, Mondor's disease) head (Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis) Post-thrombotic syndrome

Varicose veins	Varicocele · Gastric varices · Portacaval anastomosis (Hemorrhoid, Esophageal varices, Caput medusae)

Other	Superior vena cava syndrome · Inferior vena cava syndrome · Venous ulcer

Arteries or veins

Hypertension	Hypertensive heart disease · Hypertensive nephropathy · Essential hypertension · Secondary hypertension (Renovascular hypertension) · Pulmonary hypertension · Malignant hypertension · Benign hypertension · Systolic hypertension · White coat hypertension

Hypotension	Orthostatic hypotension

See also congenital, neoplasia

v • d • e Phakomatoses (Q85, 759.5-759.6)

Neurofibromatosis	Type I · Type II

Angiomatosis	Sturge-Weber syndrome · Von Hippel-Lindau disease

Hamartoma	Tuberous sclerosis · Hypothalamic hamartoma (Pallister-Hall syndrome) · Multiple hamartoma syndrome (Proteus syndrome, Cowden syndrome, Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome, Lhermitte-Duclos disease)

Other	Abdallat Davis Farrage syndrome · Ataxia telangiectasia · Incontinentia pigmenti · Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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