A Case of Microvenular Hemangioma.
- Author:
Dong Hyun KIM
1
;
Won Soon CHUNG
;
Seong Ho WEE
;
Chong Sue LEE
;
Wook Wha PARK
;
Chung Yeun SIM
Author Information
1. Microvenular hemangioma Department of Dermatology College of Medicine Phochon CHA University Pundang CHA Hospital, Pundang, Korea. terios92@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Microvenular hemangioma
- MeSH:
Actins;
Adult;
Cytoplasm;
Dermis;
Endothelial Cells;
Female;
Hemangioma*;
Humans;
Muscle, Smooth;
Thigh;
von Willebrand Factor
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(5):566-568
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of microvenular hemangioma in a 38-year-old female is described. The patient presented with a slowly growing, solitary reddish nodule on Lt. posterior thigh, which measured 1x1 cm. Histologically, the tumor was an infiltrative growth throughout the dermis. It consisted of thin-walled, small sized, irregularly branched vessels. The vascular lumina were narrow. The flattened endothelial cells had oval to spindle-shaped nuclei and scant cytoplasm that were immunohistochemically positive for factor VIII-related antigen and smooth muscle actin. The tumor cells lacked cellular atypia, pleomorphism, and mitotic figures. We diagnosed this case as microvenular hemangioma.
