title: Microvenular hemangioma.
abstract: Microvenular hemangioma is a rare, slowly growing, benign vascular tumor. It usually presents as a solitary, asymptomatic, purple to red papule or plaque in young to middle-aged adults. Histologically, the tumor is composed of irregular, branching venules with inconspicuous lumina with a lack of endothelial atypia. We describe a case of microvenular hemangioma in a 40-year-old female. The lesion was slightly tender unlike that of previously reported cases. In the context of the histological similarity to a low-grade malignant tumor, Kaposi's sarcoma, the awareness of microvenular hemangioma, a benign vascular tumor, is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Republic of Korea. kyccc@dku.edu
authors.forename: Y-C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y-W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Cinn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology