A Case of Tufted Angioma Arising within a Nevus Flammeus.
- Author:
Hyun Woo CHIN
1
;
Jae Bong LEE
;
Bong Seok JANG
;
Moon Bum KIM
;
Chang Keun OH
;
Ho Sun JANG
;
Kyung Sool KWON
;
Yoo Wook KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University Busan, Korea. hsjang@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Axilla;
Nevus flammeus;
Tufted angiomas
- MeSH:
Axilla;
Carcinoma, Basal Cell;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell;
Child;
Female;
Granuloma, Pyogenic;
Hemangioma*;
Humans;
Infant;
Lymphangioma;
Middle Aged;
Nevus*;
Parturition;
Port-Wine Stain*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2005;43(10):1439-1442
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tufted angioma is an uncommon, slowly-progressive vascular tumor, found typically in infants, young children and sometimes at birth or during adulthood. It shows a characteristic histopathologic finding, the so-called "cannonball" appearance. Various tumors can be developed in the nevus flammeus, such as pyogenic granuloma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, giant proliferative hemangioma and lymphangioma circumscriptum. Tufted angioma can be also accompanied with nevus flammeus and the coexistence of tufted angioma and nevus flammeus is a very rare condition. We report a case of tufted angioma arising within nevus flammeus in the left axilla of a 47 year-old female.
