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A 16-year-old male teenager presented with multiple, erythematous, progressively increasing red spots on the face, trunk and oral cavity for 3 years. On examination, there were multiple telangiectasias over the lip and buccal mucosae, soft and hard palates, face and the trunk (figure 1A–C). The patient also had multiple dilated superficial veins over the abdomen with umbilical eversion (figure 1D). On dermoscopic evaluation, these telangiectasias showed a large …
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