Vascular tumor

Question 1

Vascular tumors

Answer 1

1) strawberry hemangioma
2) cherry hemangioma
3) pyogenic granuloma
4) cystic hygroma
5) glomus tumor
6) bacillary angiomatosis
7) angiosarcoma
8) lymphangiosarcoma
9) kaposi’s sarcoma

Question 2

Strawberry hemangioma

Answer 2

Benign capillary hemangioma of infancy
First few weeks of life (1/200)
Grows rapidly and regress spontaneously at 5-8 yrs

Question 3

Cherry hemangioma

Answer 3

Benign capillary hemangioma of the elderly
Does not regress
Frequency increases with age

Question 4

Pyogenic granuloma

Answer 4

Polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed

Associated with trauma and pregnancy.

Question 5

Cystic hygroma

Answer 5

Cavernous lymphangioma of the neck

Associated with Turners

Question 6

Glomus tumor

Answer 6

Benign, painful, red-blue tumor under fingernail

Arises from modified smooth muscle cells of glomus body

Question 7

Bacillary angiomatosis

Answer 7

Benign capillary skin papules found in AIDS pts

Caused by Bartonella henselae

Question 8

Angiosarcoma

Answer 8

Rare blood vessel malignancy typically occuring in the head, neck, and breast area.
Associated with rad tx, for breast cancer and hodgkins.
Very aggressive and difficult to resect due to delay in dx

Question 9

Lymphangiosarcoma

Answer 9

Lymphatic malignancy associated with persistent lymphedema (post-radical mastectomy)

Question 10

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Answer 10

Endothelial malignancy, skin but also mouth, GI, respiratory.

Question 11

Sturge-Weber disease

Answer 11

Congenital vascular disorder affects capillary sized blood vessels (affects small vessel).

Manifest with port-wine stain (nevus flammeus) on face,
ipsilateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis (intracerebral AVM), seizures, and early onset glaucoma