Two Cases of Venous Hemangioma.
- Author:
Soon Baek KWON
;
Hyun Joo LEE
;
Seok Jong LEE
;
Jae Bok JUN
;
Eun Kyoung KWACK
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Venous hemangioma;
Arteriovenous hemangioma
- MeSH:
Arteries;
Blood Vessels;
Classification;
Dermatology;
Dermis;
Elastic Tissue;
Hemangioma*;
Humans;
Middle Aged
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1999;37(3):410-412
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Venous hemangioma is a vascular tumor that has been reported by such diverse names as; "cirsoid aneurysm", "arteriovenous hemangioma", "acral arteriovenous tumor" according to the author's opinions of its origin and histopathologic classification. It is benign and rarely biopsied, and it is also rarely reported in dermatology literature. We present two cases of venous hemangioma. The first case was a 64-year-old man who was presented with an elliptical dark-red plaque with overlying several grouped papules on the left periorbital area which had been present for 7 years. The second case was a 56-year-old man who was presented with a single red papule on the right postauricular area which had been present for 4 months. Histopathologically, there were a well-circumscribed proliferation of thick-walled muscle-containing blood vessels in the dermis. Intermingled with the thick-walled blood vessels, there were also thin-walled dilated blood vessels. In both cases, the thick-walled blood vessels resembled arteries, but they lacked elastic fibers on the Verhoeff van Gieson stain.
