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The FP recognized this as a venous lake—a benign, dilated vascular channel that is most commonly found on the lip.
Venous lakes are dark blue to pink, slightly raised, and less than a centimeter in size. The lesions empty with firm compression. They may bleed with trauma but have no malignant potential. Venous lakes may start spontaneously or after trauma to the lip.
In this case, the patient was given the choice of doing nothing, or having cryotherapy. She chose cryotherapy and the physician used a closed probe on a Cryogun to get some compression while the freeze was applied. The venous lake disappeared over the following 2 weeks.
Photos and text for Photo Rounds Friday courtesy of Richard P. Usatine, MD. This case was adapted from: Hitzeman N. Acquired vascular lesions in adults. In: Usatine R, Smith M, Mayeaux EJ, et al, eds. The Color Atlas of Family Medicine. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2009:861-864.
To learn more about The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, see:
• http://www.amazon.com/Color-Atlas-Family-Medicine/dp/0071474641
You can now get The Color Atlas of Family Medicine as an app for mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad by clicking this link:
The FP recognized this as a venous lake—a benign, dilated vascular channel that is most commonly found on the lip.
Venous lakes are dark blue to pink, slightly raised, and less than a centimeter in size. The lesions empty with firm compression. They may bleed with trauma but have no malignant potential. Venous lakes may start spontaneously or after trauma to the lip.
In this case, the patient was given the choice of doing nothing, or having cryotherapy. She chose cryotherapy and the physician used a closed probe on a Cryogun to get some compression while the freeze was applied. The venous lake disappeared over the following 2 weeks.
Photos and text for Photo Rounds Friday courtesy of Richard P. Usatine, MD. This case was adapted from: Hitzeman N. Acquired vascular lesions in adults. In: Usatine R, Smith M, Mayeaux EJ, et al, eds. The Color Atlas of Family Medicine. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2009:861-864.
To learn more about The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, see:
• http://www.amazon.com/Color-Atlas-Family-Medicine/dp/0071474641
You can now get The Color Atlas of Family Medicine as an app for mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad by clicking this link:
The FP recognized this as a venous lake—a benign, dilated vascular channel that is most commonly found on the lip.
Venous lakes are dark blue to pink, slightly raised, and less than a centimeter in size. The lesions empty with firm compression. They may bleed with trauma but have no malignant potential. Venous lakes may start spontaneously or after trauma to the lip.
In this case, the patient was given the choice of doing nothing, or having cryotherapy. She chose cryotherapy and the physician used a closed probe on a Cryogun to get some compression while the freeze was applied. The venous lake disappeared over the following 2 weeks.
Photos and text for Photo Rounds Friday courtesy of Richard P. Usatine, MD. This case was adapted from: Hitzeman N. Acquired vascular lesions in adults. In: Usatine R, Smith M, Mayeaux EJ, et al, eds. The Color Atlas of Family Medicine. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2009:861-864.
To learn more about The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, see:
• http://www.amazon.com/Color-Atlas-Family-Medicine/dp/0071474641
You can now get The Color Atlas of Family Medicine as an app for mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad by clicking this link: