Skin nonmelanocytic tumor
Vascular tumors
Hemangioma variants
Glomeruloid hemangioma
Author: Christopher S. Hale, M.D.
Last author update: 1 July 2012
Last staff update: 9 November 2020
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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Additional referencesCite this page: Hale CS. Glomeruloid hemangioma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skintumornonmelanocytichemangiomaglomeruloid.html. Accessed March 24th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Associated with Castleman disease and POEMS syndrome (Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, M protein and Skin changes)
Case reports
- 49 year old milkman with 6 mm purple nodule on anterior chest (Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001;16:2105)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Dermal vascular spaces contain glomeruloid structures formed by capillaries
- Occasional cells have PAS+ eosinophilic globules
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Angel Fernandez-Flores, M.D., Ph.D.
Contributed by Mark R. Wick, M.D.
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