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cavernous hemangioma

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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.

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

cavernous hemangioma
n.
A vascular tumor composed of large dilated blood vessels and containing large blood-filled spaces, due to dilation and thickening of the walls of the capillary loops. Also called cavernous angioma.

cavernous hemangioma
Etymology: L, caverna, hollow place; Gk, haima, blood, oma, tumor
a benign, congenital red or purple tumor consisting of enlarged blood vessels. The scalp, face, and neck are the most common sites, but these tumors have been found in the liver and other organs. Superficial cavernous hemangiomas are friable and easily infected if the skin is broken. Treatment includes observation, irradiation, sclerosing solutions, and laser surgery and excisional surgery. Also called angioma cavernosum, cavernoma. Compare capillary hemangioma, nevus flammeus.

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.

cavernous
pertaining to a hollow, or containing hollow spaces.

cavernous hemangioma
cavernous sinus
see cavernous sinus.

cavernous hemangioma
Cavernoma, stork bites, strawberry mark
Dermatology A benign, painless, red-purple vascular skin lesion that develops after birth and usually disappears in early childhood Management Local steroid injections may ↓ size; surgery


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However, unlike the histology seen in these 3 cases, most of the hemangiomas that have been reported in the sinonasal region were either classic capillary hemangiomas, (15) cavernous hemangiomas, (16) or ossifying angiomas.
Cunningham T, Lawrie GM, Stavinoha J Jr, Quinones MA, Zoghbi WA Cavernous hemangioma of the right ventricle: echocardiographicpathologic correlates.
2) CMs have also been called cavernous hemangioma or cavernoma, but more recently the term cavernous malformation has become more widely accepted, explicitly distinguishing these lesions from true vascular neoplasms as suggested by the term angioma.
 
 
 
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