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Permanent dilation of preexisting blood vessels (CAPILLARIES; ARTERIOLES; VENULES) creating small focal red lesions, most commonly in the skin or mucous membranes. It is characterized by the prominence of skin blood vessels, such as vascular spiders.
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- Telangiectasia
- Telangiectases
- Telangiectasias
- Spider Veins
- Spider Vein
- Vein, Spider
- Veins, Spider
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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note specifics; CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIA, BRAIN and PONTINE CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIAS see CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS are also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Telangiectasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013684. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013684
- Telangiectasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangiectasia
- Telangiectasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634800