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Hemangioma classification
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Hemangioma may be classified according to International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies into six subtypes: Infantile hemangioma, congenital hemangioma, tufted hemangioma, spindle-cell hemangioma, epithelioid hemangioma, and lobular capillary hemangioma.[1][2]
Classification
Classification
Hemangioma may be classified according to International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies into six subtypes:[1][2]
- Infantile hemangioma
- Congenital hemangioma
- Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma
- Non-involuting congenital hemangioma
- Partially involuting congenital hemangioma
- Tufted angioma
- Spindle-cell hemangioma
- Epithelioid hemangioma
- Lobular capillary hemangioma
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hemangioma. Dr Tim Luijkx and Dr Donna D’Souza et al. Radiopaedia (2015). http://radiopaedia.org/articles/haemangioma. Accessed on November 12, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Richter, Gresham T.; Friedman, Adva B. (2012). “Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations: Current Theory and Management”. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2012: 1–10. doi:10.1155/2012/645678. ISSN 1687-9740.
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