Korean J Dermatol.
2002 May;40(5):566-568.
A Case of Microvenular Hemangioma
- Affiliations
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- 1Microvenular hemangioma Department of Dermatology College of Medicine Phochon CHA University Pundang CHA Hospital, Pundang, Korea. terios92@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine Phochon CHA University Pundang CHA Hospital, Pundang, Korea.
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.
