capillary hemangioma

hemangioma /he·man·gi·o·ma/ (he-man″je-o´mah)

1. a benign tumor, usually in infants or children, made up of newly formed blood vessels and resulting from malformation of angioblastic tissue of fetal life.

2. a benign or malignant vascular tumor resembling the classic type but occurring at any age.

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ameloblastic hemangioma  hemangioameloblastoma.

capillary hemangioma 

1. the most common type, having closely packed aggregations of capillaries, usually of normal caliber, separated by scant connective stroma.

2. strawberry h.

cavernous hemangioma  a red-blue spongy tumor with a connective tissue framework enclosing large, cavernous, vascular spaces containing blood.

sclerosing hemangioma  a form of benign fibrous histiocytoma having histiocytic and fibroblastic elements, numerous blood vessels, and hemosiderin deposits.

strawberry hemangioma 

1. a red, firm, dome-shaped hemangioma seen at birth or soon after, usually on the head or neck, that grows rapidly and usually regresses and involutes without scarring.

2. vascular nevus.

venous hemangioma  a cavernous hemangioma in which the dilated vessels have thick, fibrous walls.

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capillary hemangioma

n.

A congenital lesion consisting of numerous, closely packed capillaries usually separated only by a thin network of reticulin.

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capillary hemangioma,

a blood-filled birthmark or benign tumor consisting of closely packed small blood vessels. Commonly found during infancy, it first grows, then may spontaneously disappear in early childhood without treatment. Surgical removal is not usually attempted unless frequent trauma and bleeding are present. However, surgery may be performed later for cosmetic reasons. Also called hemangioma simplex, strawberry hemangioma, strawberry mark, nevus vascularis. Compare cavernous hemangioma, nevus flammeus.

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capillary hemangioma

Dermatology A painless benign vascularized red–purple skin lesion that develops shortly after birth Prognosis Many CHs disappear in early childhood Management Local steroid injections may ↓ the CH's size