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Microvenular hemangiomaD18.0

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 05.08.2021

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microcapillary hemangioma; microvenular hemangioma

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HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.

Hunt, Santa Cruz and Barr, 1991

DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Very rare, acquired, solitary, benign, slowly growing, asymptomatic vascular tumor.

Occurrence/EpidemiologyThis section has been translated automatically.

w:m=6:4.

EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.

Unknown.

ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.

Most often occurring in young adults (in a larger study, the average was 39 years - 16 months - 69 years). Occurrence associated with POEMS syndrome and pregnancy has been described.

LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.

Extremities, preferably forearms, trunk.

Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.

Symptomless, red or brown-red, soft or soft-elastic plaque with a smooth surface (rarely larger than 2 cm Ø). Clinically reminiscent of Kaposi's sarcoma. Occasionally occurring together with acute myeloid leukaemia.

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Circumscribed, mostly blurred vascular proliferations in the papillary and reticular dermis, with bizarre anastomosing pericyte-rich venules (smooth muscle actin positive) with flattened endothelia and spindle cell nuclei. Condensed collagenous stroma, endothelial atypia, papillae (multilayering) and mitoses are missing.

Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.

Kaposi's sarcoma; clump-like hemangioma.

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

Excision, laser therapy with ablating laser.

LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.

  1. Chang SE et al (2003) Microvenular hemangioma in a boy with acute myelogenous leukemia. Pediatr Dermatol 20: 266-267
  2. Ehara Y et al (2019) Multiple microvenular hemangioma eruptively concentrated on an adult face: Importance of clinical differential diagnosis. J Dermatol 46:e205-e206.
  3. Fukanaga M, Ushigome S (1998) Microvenular hemangioma. Path Int 48: 237-239
  4. Hunt SJ, Santa Cruz DJ, Barr RJ (1991) Microvenular hemangioma. J Cutan Pathol 18: 235-240
  5. Kim YC et al (2003) Microvenular hemangioma. Dermatology 206: 161-164
  6. Napekoski KM et al (2014) Microvenular hemangioma: aclinicopathologic
    review of 13 cases. J Cutan Pathol 41:816-822.

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Last updated on: 05.08.2021

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer