Skin nonmelanocytic tumor
Vascular tumors
Hemangioma variants
Cavernous hemangioma
Author: Christopher S. Hale, M.D.
Last author update: 1 July 2012
Last staff update: 9 November 2020
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PubMed search: cavernous [title] hemangioma skin
Cite this page: Hale CS. Cavernous hemangioma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skintumornonmelanocytichemangiomacavernous.html. Accessed March 22nd, 2023.
Definition / general
- Markedly dilated dermal vessels, may elevate overlying epidermis, which may be atrophic
- Associated with Maffucci syndrome, blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome, Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
Clinical images
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
Infantile
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
