What Is True Telangiectasia

Telangiectasias or angioectasias are small dilated-blood vessels near the surface of the skin or mucous membranes, measuring between 0.5 and 1 millimeter in diameter. They can develop anywhere on the body, but are commonly seen on the face around the nose, cheeks, and chin.

What term describes capillaries that have been damaged and are now larger or distended blood vessels?

Telangiectasia: describes capillaries that have been damaged and undergone an increase in size, becoming distended blood vessels.

What is an example of sebaceous hyperplasia?

Sebaceous hyperplasia is composed of normally-looking glands with an increased number of acini and mature sebocytes. The primary differential diagnoses include sebaceous adenoma, nevus sebaceous, lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei, and basal cell carcinoma.