Hemangioma, cavernous D18.0

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Synonym(s)

cavernous hemangioma; hemangioma sinusoidales; Venous malformation

Definition
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Benign vascular tumor. Variant of the capillary-cavernous hemangioma. S.u. vascular tumor, cutaneous.

Manifestation
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Especially with women.

Localization
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Occurs mainly on the extremities, trunk or lower lip.

Clinical features
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Mostly solitary, but also multiple nodules or nodes occurring in formations (e.g. grouped, or disseminated, also segmentally) bluish or bluish-black, soft, compressible nodules or nodes; also subcutaneously located, skin-coloured soft or bulging elastic masses. The most frequent cavernous angioma is the lip margin angioma.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020