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MeSH Heading: Telangiectasis
Tree Number(s): C14.907.823
Unique ID: D013684
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013684
Annotation: note specifics; CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIA, BRAIN and PONTINE CAPILLARY TELANGIECTASIAS see CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS are also available
Scope Note: Permanent dilation of preexisting blood vessels (CAPILLARIES; ARTERIOLES; VENULES) creating small focal red lesions, most commonly in the skin or mucous membranes. It is characterized by the prominence of skin blood vessels, such as vascular spiders.
Entry Term(s): Progressive Telangiectasia; Spider Angioma; Spider Nevus; Spider Telangiectasia; Spider Veins; Telangiectasia; Vascular Spiders; Venous Stars
NLM Classification #: WG 700
Public MeSH Note: 1999
History Note: 1999
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2027/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000769443
Terms: Spider Angioma Preferred Term
Term UI T001149887
Date09/30/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Spider Nevus
Term UI T001149888
Date09/30/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Spider Telangiectasia
Term UI T001149889
Date09/30/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Vascular Spiders
Term UI T001150484
Date12/16/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2027)

Telangiectasis MeSH Descriptor Data 2027