A venous lake is a generally solitary, soft, compressible, dark blue to violaceous, 0.2- to 1-cm papule commonly found on sun-exposed surfaces of the vermilion border of the lip, face and ears.
Venous lake i-hemangioma enganeni yezindebe. Ngokuvamile iqhubu elithambile, eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka elibangelwa imithambo emincane enwetshiwe. Ivamise ukubonakala iyodwa futhi ayizwakali ukuthi uyithinte. Ngokuvamile kwenzeka ezingxenyeni zobuso nezindlebe ezithola ilanga eliningi. Owesilisa oneminyaka engu-46 ubudala ungene eneqhubu eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka odebeni lwangaphansi elase likhule izinyanga ezingu-8. Yaqala yaba yincane futhi yaba nkulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Uthe ubengakalimalanga endaweni. Wayengakaze ophe ngaphandle kwesizathu noma ngemva kokulimala okuncane. Lapho udokotela emhlola, bathola iqhubu elilodwa eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka odebeni lwakhe olungezansi elalithambile futhi kulula ukulicindezela. Udokotela wamelapha nge-cryotherapy esebenzisa i-nitrogen ewuketshezi, eqandisa isilonda imizuzwana engu-10 ngesikhathi enomphetho omncane osizungezile. Lokhu kwelashwa bakwenza njalo ngemva kwamasonto amabili. Ngemva kwamasonto angu-12, kwaba nokuthuthuka okuthile. A venous lake, sometimes referred to as senile hemangioma of the lips is usually a solitary, non-indurated, soft, compressible, blue papule occurring due to dilatation of venules. It is commonly found on sun-exposed surfaces of the face and ears. A 46 year old male patient presented with an 8 month history of a single, painless, bluish swelling over the lower lip which began as a pea sized lesion and gradually increased to the present size. Patient strongly denied any history of trauma at the site. No history of bleeding spontaneously or following minimal trauma could be elicited. On physical examination, a single, violaceous, soft, compressible, non-indurated, non-pulsatile papule was present on the lower lip. Patient was treated with cryotherapy with application of liquid nitrogen by dipstick method with one 10-second freeze-thaw cycle with a 1-mm margin. This was done at biweekly intervals. Some improvement was obtained following 12 weeks of therapy.
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