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Tufted angioma with complete regression
Author(s) -
Lam W.Y.,
MacMoune Lai F.,
Look C.N.,
Choi Paul C.L.,
Allen Philip W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1994.tb00290.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , capillary hemangioma , vascular tumor , hemangioma , trunk , birthmark , angioma , hemangioendothelioma , histology , histogenesis , pathology , anatomy , surgery , dermatology , vascular disease , biology , immunohistochemistry , ecology
We describe 2 patients with tufted angioma (angioblastoma of Nakagawa) which regressed spontaneously. Both patients had a solitary but large lesion on the trunk. The 1st patient, a 3‐month‐old girl, presented with a 6‐cm plaque which began to regress 2 years later. It regressed completely over 1 year and had not recurred alter a further 6‐year follow‐up. The other patient, a 3‐month‐old boy, presented with a 12‐cm mass of coalescent angiomatous papules which slowly regressed over 3‐years, while small new lesions appeared in the adjacent contiguous skin. Eventually, gradual and near complete regression was observed alter 8 years. The histology in both cases was typical, but bore some resemblance to the recently described kaposiform hemangioendothelioma, lobular capillary hemangioma and spindle cell hemangioendothelioma.