ABSTRACT
Haemangioma in the chest wall is a very rare entity, seldom described in the literature. We report the case of a 23 year old woman presenting with independent, cervical subdural and intercostal haemangiomata. She suffered several episodes of recurrent, self-limiting subdural haemorrhage before diagnosis was made by magnetic nuclear resonance, aortography and selective intercostal angiography. Surgical excision was performed in both locations with excellent results.
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Hemangioma/congenital , Neoplasms, Second Primary/congenital , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/congenital , Thoracic Neoplasms/congenital , Adult , Arteriovenous Malformations/pathology , Female , Humans , Subdural SpaceSubject(s)
Liver Neoplasms/congenital , Mediastinal Neoplasms/congenital , Mesenchymoma/congenital , Neoplasms, Second Primary/congenital , Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis , Female , Humans , Immunoenzyme Techniques , Infant, Newborn , Liver/pathology , Liver Neoplasms/pathology , Mediastinal Neoplasms/pathology , Mediastinum/pathology , Mesenchymoma/pathology , Microscopy, Electron , Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathologyABSTRACT
Three cases of symptomatic cavernous angioma occurring in the 1st year of life are presented. All three patients were treated with radical extirpation. Postoperatively, two of them improved, but the third died due to cerebral herniation secondary to recurrence of bleeding of the lesion. The clinical characteristics of cavernous angioma in the 1st year of life are briefly discussed and a review of the literature presented, including 16 previous cases operated on directly.