Acral arteriovenous tumor. A clinicopathologic review.
We reviewed 47 cases of a distinctive, benign vascular tumor, acral arteriovenous tumor. Study of the clinical histories of patients with this tumor emphasized the difficulty of making a clinical diagnosis. Most of the tumors were asymptomatic and were found in generally healthy middle-aged or elderly male patients. Distribution was acral; 79% of the tumors were located on the head or extremities. Histologic study showed a component of capillary nevus in some cases in addition to the typical venous and arteriovenous channels.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D005121:Extremities; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*