Angioma (redirected from angioma cavernosum, cavernous angioma)

angioma /an·gi·o·ma/ (an?je-o´mah) a tumor whose cells tend to form blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma); a tumor made up of blood vessels or lymph vessels.angiom´atous

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angioma caverno´sum , cavernous angioma see under hemangioma.

cherry angiomas  bright red, circumscribed, round or oval angiomas, 2 to 6 mm in diameter, containing many vascular loops, due to a telangiectatic vascular disturbance, usually seen on the trunk but sometimes appearing on other areas of the body, as in angioma serpiginosum, and occurring in most middle-aged and older persons.

senile angiomas  cherry a's.

angioma serpigino´sum  a skin disease marked by minute vascular points arranged in rings on the skin.

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an·gi·o·ma (nj-m)

n. pl. an·gi·o·mas or an·gi·o·ma·ta (-m-t)

A tumor composed chiefly of lymphatic vessels or blood vessels.

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Angioma

A tumor (such as a hemangioma or lymphangioma) that mainly consists of blood vessels or lymphatic vessels.

Mentioned in: Ataxia-Telangiectasia, Birthmarks

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angioma (an·jē·ōˑ·m),

n benign tumor that contains blood or lymph vessels; some disappear with no treatment; most are congenital.

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angioma (an´jēō´m),

n a benign tumor of vascular nature. See also hemangioma and lymphangioma.

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angioma

a benign tumor made up of blood (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma), e.g. hemangioma, lymphangioma, glomangioma.

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angioma cavernosum, cavernous angioma

disseminated cavernous hemangioma.

telangiectatic angioma

an angioma made up of dilated blood vessels.