Chapter 12: Vascular Pathology

Question 1

What is nevus falmmeus nuchae?

Answer 1

“birthmark” or stork bite

Question 2

Port wine stain?

Answer 2

vascular birthmark that does not regress

large, flat vascular malformations that are closely related to hemangiomas and are often seen on the head in the trigeminal nerve distribution

Question 3

Spider telangiectasias?

Answer 3

a vascular ectasia that occurs on face, blanch with pressure, and associated with pregnancy

Question 4

What are vascular ectasias?

Answer 4

a dilatation of a vessel; it is not a neoplasm

Question 5

Hemangioma?

Answer 5

extremely common, benign vascular tumor

Major types:

capillary and cavernous

Question 6

What are hemangioblastomas?

Answer 6

associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease, which may cause multiple hemangioblastomas involving the cerebellum, brain stem, spinal cord, and retina as well as renal cell carcinoma

Question 7

What are angiosarcomas?

Answer 7

hemangiosarcoma is a malignant vascular tumor with a high mortality that most commonly occurs in skin, breast, liver, and soft tissues and are associated with vinyl chloride