A 55-Year-Old Man Comes to the Physician with Red Skin

question 821

Multiple Choice

A 55-year-old man comes to the physician with red skin lesions on his abdomen.  The patient reports no associated symptoms but says his wife is concerned about possible malignancy.  He has hypertension and degenerative joint disease but no other medical problems.  Physical examination shows the findings in the image below: Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis in this patient?

• A)Basal cell carcinoma
• B)Cavernous hemangioma
• C)Cherry angioma
• D)Kaposi sarcoma
• E)Spider angioma
• F)Strawberry (capillary) hemangioma