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Clinical presentation of a 20-year-old female with multiple discrete soft, non-compressible painful bluish papules and nodules on her right lower back (a) and left inner thigh (b).
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The lesions were asymptomatic until the last 2 months, they became painful on palpation (Figure 1).
Her father also had similar skin lesions on his left lower back (a) and flank (b).
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Her father also had similar skin lesions on his left lower back (Figure 2).
Histological study (hematoxylin and eosin staining) demonstrated large dilated, blood-filled vascular channels in the dermis (a), surrounded by layers of glomus cells (b).
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Histological examination revealed large dilated, blood-filled vascular channels, surrounded by layers of glomus cells in the dermis (Figure 3).