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Hæmangio‐endothelioma of the Liver.
Author(s) -
VIDEBÆK AAGE
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1945.tb03677.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathological , pathology , pathogenesis , disease
SUMMARY The writer briefly reviews the earlier reports of hffimangio‐endotheliomas of the liver and adds a ease of his own, occurring in a boy, aged 2 1 / 2 months, exhibiting numerous, histologically benign haemangio‐endotheliomas of the liver and 2 cutaneous haemangiomas. A discussion follows of the pathogenesis of the disease in connexion with the demonstration of two summits in the age diagram, one in early childhood, and one in the 5th decennium. Finally, the pathological and clinical features are dealt with.