title: Progressive macular hemangioma: a new entity?
abstract: We report a 22-year-old man with an extensive cutaneous vascular lesion involving the left arm since the age of 2 months. The lesion was macular and had been growing steadily in extent since its appearance. It had crossed the midline in several places. There was no involvement of any internal organ. Histopathology and immunostaining revealed unmistakable evidence of vascular proliferation. The predominantly macular character of the lesion, even with passage of time, besides the absence of several other features, usually associated with a tufted angioma, led us to the use of the term 'progressive macular hemangioma' for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Abir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saraswat
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: Sambit K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohanty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*