Vegetant intravascular hemangioendothelioma of the skin. Report of 3 cases with a critical pathogenetic study.
3 cases of cutaneous vegetant intravascular hemangioendothelioma are presented, 2 of them corresponded to a pure form, whilst the other arose in a pyogenic granuloma. All lesions behaved in a benign fashion. In some cases these may mimic an angiosarcoma (Masson's pseudoangiosarcoma). The endothelial proliferation, which characterizes the lesion, is considered as a reactive phenomenon secondary to fibrin deposits originating from the destruction of the vascular walls of a hemangioma.
D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*