title: Infantile hemangioma-like vascular lesion in a 26-year-old woman after abortion.
abstract: A 26-year-old woman (G2P1A1) presented with a 5-week history of multiple red marks on her body after a therapeutic abortion. A physical examination found 15 palpable red marks on her head, neck, chest, arms and legs. Proliferating endothelial cells, which expressed CD31, CD34, von Willebrand factor, but not Glut-1 and merosin, were observed in the lesional area by histopathological analyses. Histocompatibility antigen typing of 2 lesions was identical to a sample from peripheral blood. Accelerated regression was observed in 2 lesions treated by intralesional injection of betamethasone, while spontaneous regression was observed within 9 months in the remaining lesions without any treatment. Rapid growth, spontaneous regression and histological analyses in this case support the diagnosis of 'infantile hemangioma-like vascular lesion'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shu Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Wen Jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D001623:Betamethasone