title: Giant hemangioma presenting as a scalp mass leading to a craniofacial deformity.
abstract: Hemangioma is the most common vascular tumor during childhood. However, cases of giant hemangiomas determining deformities in the craniofacial region are not reported frequently. Craniofacial giant hemangiomas are challenging for surgeons since they cause aesthetic and/or functional problems and may be associated with important complications such as ulcerations, infections and bleedings. The present report is aimed at describing a rare case of craniofacial asymmetry in a 30-year-old patient, secondary to an extensive mass whose growth deformed the scalp in the frontal-parietal-temporal region. The lesion was completely surgically removed with good aesthetic results, and the anatomopathological examination revealed that it was a cavernous hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Marília (UNIMAR), Marília, São Paulo Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Denadai Pigozzi
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás Brazil ; Service of Residency in Neurosurgery, Hospital Santa Mônica, Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiânia, Goiás Brazil.
authors.forename: José Edson
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: da Silva Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Service of Residency in Neurosurgery, Hospital Santa Mônica, Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiânia, Goiás Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Queiroz
authors.initials: EQ
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.affiliation: Service of Residency in Neurosurgery, Hospital Santa Mônica, Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiânia, Goiás Brazil.
authors.forename: Dionísio Figueiredo
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Marília (UNIMAR), Av. Rio Branco, 1132-Cj. 41, CEP 17502-000 Marília, São Paulo Brazil.
authors.forename: Luís Ricardo Martinhão
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Souto
keywords: Cavernous hemangiomas; Craniofacial abnormality; Hemangiomas; Surgery