Contributions of Dr. Juan Rosai to the pathology of cutaneous vascular proliferations: A review of selected lesions.
Vascular proliferations in the skin have been thoroughly studied over the past 35 years, and a great deal of knowledge has been accrued regarding their pathobiological features. Dr. Juan Rosai has been a consistent contributor to the literature on this topic throughout most of his career, and this article reviews selected cutaneous endothelial lesions that he helped to characterize. They include histiocytoid-epithelioid hemangioma, targetoid-hobnail hemangioma, acquired tufted hemangioma, glomeruloid hemangioma, spindle cell hemangioma, retiform hemangioendothelioma, and angiosarcoma. Two potential simulants of angiosarcoma-papillary intravascular endothelial hyperplasia and cutaneous rudimentary meningocele-meningothelial hamartoma-are also considered.
Division of Surgical Pathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia; Division of Cytopathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia; Division of Autopsy Pathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia. Electronic address: mrwick1@usa.net.
Mark R
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D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
Angiosarcoma; Cutaneous neoplasms; Hemangiomas; Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia; Rudimentary meningocele; Vascular tumors