title: Spindle cell hemangioma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spindle cell hemangioma (SCH) is an uncommon benign vascular tumor.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report and discuss a case of SCH in an 11-year-old boy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report and discussion of the rare entity of SCH are given.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The excision of a vascular tumor showed a vascular connection to the great saphenous vein. Histologic examination was consistent with SCH.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of SCH is supported by typical histologic and immunohistochemical features and by the intraoperative finding of an association with a large vessel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coras
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohenleutner
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landthaler
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hohenleutner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D013848:Thigh