Angiokeratoma is a rare skin condition marked by wart like growths and skin thickening. These warty raised skin lesions are typically dark red to purple in color, with a rough surface.
Generally, an angiokeratoma causes you no pain nor pruritus. A minor health concern is excessive bleeding that can occur spontaneously or be caused by abrasive action over its wart like surface. After a bleed your warty skin growth may appear black because of thrombosis, which is the formation of a harmless blood clot.
Angiokeratoma caused warty skin growths are commonly found on top of feet, fingers, thigh, trunk, labia and scrotum. The wart like spots may crop up in a cluster or form solo. This skin condition is not cancer nor a sexually transmitted disease. And it’ll tend to worsen with age and during cold weather.
Although the cause of your angiokeratoma may never be known, this skin condition is usually associated with a metabolic disorder, most commonly Fabry disease, and varicocele.
The only form of treatment that may require a health care professional is to stop your angiokeratoma wart like growth bleeding, which may include electrocoagulation, cryotherapy or laser therapy.