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01-10-2021 | Hemangioma | Brief Report

Concurrent epithelioid hemangioma and diffuse cavernous hemangioma in the rectum clinically mimicking a malignant tumor: a case report

Authors: Mariko Yasui, Yoshinao Kikuchi, Mutsuo Fujikura, Shigeki Morita, Satoe Numakura, Shiori Watabe, Keijiro Nozawa, Keiji Matsuda, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Tsuyoshi Ishida, Hiroshi Uozaki

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 4/2021

Abstract

Epithelioid hemangioma is a rare benign vascular tumor that consists of capillary-sized vessels lined by epithelioid endothelial cells. Diffuse cavernous hemangioma is a congenital benign vascular neoplasm consisting of increased dilated vessels. We report a case of epithelioid hemangioma and diffuse cavernous hemangioma that co-occurred in the rectum. To our knowledge, this is the first report in which two rare vascular lesions coexisted. Because both epithelioid hemangioma and diffuse cavernous hemangioma are often clinically confounded by malignant tumors, differentiating these benign lesions from other possible malignant tumors is significant.

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Title: Concurrent epithelioid hemangioma and diffuse cavernous hemangioma in the rectum clinically mimicking a malignant tumor: a case report
Authors: Mariko Yasui
Yoshinao Kikuchi
Mutsuo Fujikura
Shigeki Morita
Satoe Numakura
Shiori Watabe
Keijiro Nozawa
Keiji Matsuda
Yojiro Hashiguchi
Tsuyoshi Ishida
Hiroshi Uozaki
Publication date: 01-10-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Hemangioma
Hemangioma
Hemangioma
Vascular Tumor
Hemangioma
Vascular Tumor
Hemangioma
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-021-03035-3

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