title: A lymph nodal capillary-cavernous hemangioma.
abstract: A capillary-cavernous hemangioma in an obturator lymph node was found incidentally in a 64 year-old woman who had undergone unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and lymphadenectomy for an ovarian neoplasm. Vascular tumors of lymph nodes are briefly reviewed including eight previously described nodal capillary-cavernous hemangiomas. The association with other splanchnic hemangiomas is pointed out and the likelihood that the lesion is a hamartoma rather than a true neoplasm is addressed. Despite its rarity, this entity needs to be recognized by lymphologists who image lymph nodes by lymphangiography as well as by lymph nodal pathologists.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathologic Anatomy and Histology, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dellachà
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fulcheri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campisi
mesh_terms: D018283:Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010388:Pelvis