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Flashcards in Vascular Tumors Deck (8)
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1
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Who gets Strawberry Hemangiomas and should they be worried?

A

Children after birth. And no because they spontaneously resolve around 5-8 yrs.

2
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Who gets Cherry hemangiomas and should they be worried

A

The elderly and they they do not regress, but they are benign.

3
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Who gets pyogenic hemangiomas and what are they?

A

They are papular capillaries that can rupture and bleed that are associated with pregnancy and trauma

4
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What is a cystic hygroma?

A

Benign Cavernous Lymphangioma of the neck associated with Turner’s syndrome.

5
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What is a Glomus Tumor?

A

a Painful red-blue tumor arising from SM under the nailbed. It is benign.

6
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What is bacillary angiomatosis? Who gets it? What organism causes?

A

Benign capillary skin papules found in AIDS patients infected with Bartonella henselase

7
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What is an angiosarcoma? Where is it usually found?

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It is a malignant vascular proliferation usually found in sun exposed areas.

8
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What causes angiosarcoma? (3)

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Sun Exposure, radiation therapy, arsenic exposure?