hemangioma

Haemangioma

Definition

 

Hamartomatous proliferation of vascular tissue

 

Epidemiology

 

Commonest tumours in infancy & childhood 

- usually superficial

 

Types

 

Capillary

- majority

- small nodules of capillary sized vessels lined by flattened endothelium

- nodules clumped in lobular pattern

 

Cavernous