{"id":757,"date":"2023-01-05T16:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T21:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=757"},"modified":"2023-01-05T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T22:18:36","slug":"spider-angioma","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/chapter\/spider-angioma\/","title":{"raw":"Spider Angioma","rendered":"Spider Angioma"},"content":{"raw":"<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\nA spider angioma is a form of telangiectasia with a central feeding arteriole. They appear as a blanchable, central red papule surrounded by radially extending fine red lines. This gives it its name as a \u201cspider\u201d angioma. They are often located on the face, neck and upper chest. Solitary spider angiomas are common in children and often disappear with time, so do not require treatment. If treatment is desired for cosmesis, electrocautery or vascular laser can be used to destroy the central feeding vessel.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_779\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-779\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" \/> Image 7.1: Telangiectasias surrounding a vascular papule[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p>A spider angioma is a form of telangiectasia with a central feeding arteriole. They appear as a blanchable, central red papule surrounded by radially extending fine red lines. This gives it its name as a \u201cspider\u201d angioma. They are often located on the face, neck and upper chest. Solitary spider angiomas are common in children and often disappear with time, so do not require treatment. If treatment is desired for cosmesis, electrocautery or vascular laser can be used to destroy the central feeding vessel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-779\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-779\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-300x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-65x27.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-225x93.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM-350x145.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-05-at-2.03.25-PM.png 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 7.1: Telangiectasias surrounding a vascular papule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1682,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-757","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":751,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757\/revisions\/792"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/751"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/757\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=757"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}