Multiple progressive annular telangiectasias: A clinicopathological variant of cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy?

Telangiectasias are the clinical manifestation of diverse processes affecting blood vessels. Herein we report the case of a 60-year-old man presenting long-standing asymptomatic annular telangiectatic lesions with whitish centers. The histopathologic examination revealed thickened blood dermal vessel walls in the superficial dermis showing reduplication of the basement membrane resembling cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy ( CCV). We suggest that this atypical clinicopathological presentation may represent either a localized annular variant of CCV or a previously unreported clinical form of multiple cutaneous telangiectasias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]