Friday, January 16, 2009

Answer to Medical Quiz

The answer to yesterday's image challenge is #1. spider hemangioma.Spider angiomas can be seen in healthy children and pregnant women. In such cases, angiomas are few in number and resolve with time or a normalization of estrogen levels. Numerous spider angiomas are more common in patients with chronic liver disease and consist of a central arteriole from which numerous small venules radiate,