Cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy with generalized telangiectasia: an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

We report a 54-year-old male, with a 5-year history of spreading asymptomatic generalized cutaneous telangiectases. The patient had no mucosal or nail involvement, no positive family history and no clinical evidence of systemic disease or bleeding diathesis. Histologically, the superficial small dermal blood vessels were dilated and showed thickened walls with hyaline perivascular material, staining as collagen. The vessel walls were PAS and …