hemangioma

[he-man″je-o´mah]

a congenital vascular malformation consisting of a benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels clustered together; it may be present at birth in various parts of the body, including the liver and bones. In the majority of cases it appears as a network of small blood-filled capillaries near the surface of the skin, forming a reddish or purplish birthmark.

cavernous hemangioma a congenital vascular malformation that has a soft, spongy consistency and may contain a large amount of blood. It usually appears during the first few postnatal weeks and disappears by the age of 9 years. The most common sites are head, neck, and viscera such as the liver, spleen, or pancreas. Treatment varies according to the size of the lesion.

strawberry hemangioma a circumscribed capillary hemangioma, which may be present at birth or may appear soon after birth. These are most common on the head, neck, and trunk and appear as small macules that develop into raised purplish-red lobulated tumors. Most involute by age 2 to 3.

he·man·gi·o·ma

(hē-man'jē-ō'mă),

A vascular tumor, present at birth or developing during life, in which proliferation of blood vessels leads to a mass that resembles a neoplasm; hemangiomas can occur anywhere in the body but are most frequently noticed in the skin and subcutaneous tissues; most hemangiomas present at birth undergo spontaneouos regression.
See also: nevus.

[hemangio- + G. -oma, tumor]

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hemangioma

(hĭ-măn′jē-ō′mə)

n. pl. hemangio·mas also hemangio·mata (-mə-tə)

A benign skin lesion consisting of dense, usually elevated masses of dilated blood vessels.

hemangioma

Surgery A tumor composed of clustered blood vessels, seen in the skin and elsewhere. See Capillary hemangioma, Congenital hemangioma, Postnatal hemangioma, Sclerosing hemangioma, Strawberry hemangioma, Swiss cheese hemangioma.

he·man·gi·o·ma

(hē-man'jē-ō'mă)

A congenital anomaly, in which proliferation of blood vessels leads to a mass that resembles a neoplasm; it can occur anywhere in the body but is most frequently observed in the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
See also: nevus
Synonym(s): haemangioma.

[hemangio- + -oma, tumor]

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Hemangioma

A benign skin tumor composed of abnormal blood vessels.

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he·man·gi·o·ma

(hē-man'jē-ō'mă)

Vascular tumor, present at birth or developing during life, in which proliferation of blood vessels leads to a mass that resembles a neoplasm; can occur anywhere in the body but most frequently noticed in skin and subcutaneous tissues.
Synonym(s): haemangioma.

[hemangio- + G. -oma, tumor]

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Scorings systems, such as the Hemangioma Severity Score, are growing in popularity as a triage tool, but more research is needed to demonstrate that primary care physicians are accurately interpreting findings and that high-risk cases are accurately identified to avoid overreferral to specialists.

AAP infantile hemangioma guideline should empower primary care clinicians

Both CT with intravenous contrast and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (hyperintense lesion on T1- and T2-weighted images) can also identify typical features of the various histologic subtypes of hemangioma such as soap bubble or honeycomb patterns seen in cavernous hemangiomas.

Endonasal Endoscopic Complete Excision of Unilateral Nasal Hemangioma in a Child: Case Report and Technical Note

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IHH is a subclass of infantile hemangiomas which constitute most common self-limiting benign tumours of infancy1.

Infantile Hepatic Hemangioma

Our report describes dumbbell hemangioma resection using a combined approach: unilateral hemilaminectomy with microsurgical resection of the intraspinal part of the tumor, and thoracoscopic resection of the extraforaminal left thoracic tumor extension.

SPINAL DUMBBELL EPIDURAL HEMANGIOMA: TWO STAGE/SAME SITTING/SAME POSITION POSTERIOR MICROSURGICAL AND TRANSTHORACIC ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION --CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Diagnosis of sclerosing hemangioma of lung: Don't rely on fine-needle aspiration cytology diagnosis alone.

A Challenge: Pulmonary Sclerosing Haemangioma

In literature, most common was hemangioma, accounting for 16.66%.

MORPHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF ORBITAL LESIONS AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN LAHORE

Maternal and perinatal risk factors for infantile hemangioma: A case-control study.

Resolution of Consumptive Hypothyroidism Secondary to Infantile Hepatic Hemangiomatosis with a Combination of Propranolol and Levothyroxine

Cardiac cavernous hemangioma. Eur J Echocardiogr 2007;8:487-9.

A Rare Cause of Left Ventricular Mass: Cardiac Hemangioma

The past medical history provided by the family revealed a hemangioma measuring 3x3x1 mm in size beneath the tongue, for which she had undergone atrial and ventricular septal defect repair when she was 17 days old, three hemangiomas measuring 3x3x1 in size on the sternum anteriorly when she was 6 months old, and one hemangioma inferior to the left knee when she was 8 months old.

Difficult Airway Management in A Pediatric Case with Infantile Hemangioma

Infantile hemangioma is originated from placental trophoblast, fact or fiction?

Capillary hemangioma in the ileum: Obscure small-bowel bleeding in an elderly person

Skin lesions may turn out to be a harmless hemangioma, or a deadly hemangiosarcoma.

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