concise notes on hemangioma

2. Hemangioma
By
Momen Ali khan

3. Definition
Benign vascular endothelial tumor

4. Type
1. Capillary hemangioma
Strawberry hemangioma
Port-wine stain
Salmon patch
Spider naevus
2. Cavernous hemangioma
3. Arterial or plexiform hemangioma

5. Examination finding
Smooth surface
Soft, cystic
Fluctuation positive
Transillumination negative
Temperature raised
Not pulsatile
Compressible
Usually bluish color

6. Site
Skin
Subcutaneous tissue
Liver
Lung
Brain

7. Investigation
Color Doppler
Angiogram

8. Mangement
Sclerosant therapy
Ligation of feeding artery and excision
Therapeutic embolisation
Laser ablation

9. Complication
Hemorrhage
Infection
Ulceration
Thrombosis
DIC