Clinical changes in "true" hobnail hemangioma during menstruation.
Hobnail hemangioma (HH) was known in the past as targetoid hemosiderotic hemangioma (THH). We present a case that meets the criteria of HH in a 34-year-old woman. The lesion presented as a reddish papule on her left hip. It changed periodically during menstruation and the changes included. The biopsy showed the characteristics of a typical HH with moderate iron deposits. Immunohistochemical staining failed to demonstrate either estrogen or progesterone receptors (Fig. 1, Ref. 15). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
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Anatomic Pathology, Hospital El Bierzo, Clinica Ponferrada, Ponferrada, Spain. gpyauflowerlion@terra.es
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D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008598:Menstruation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*