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Strawberry hemangioma
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Benign capillary hemangioma of infancy.
Appears in first weeks of life (1/200 births). Grows rapidly and regresses spontaneously at 5-8 years. |
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Cherry hemangioma
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Benign capillary hemangioma of the elderly.
Does not regress. Frequency increases with age. |
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Pyogenic granuloma
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Polypoid capillary hemangioma that can ulcerate and bleed.
Associated with trauma and pregnancy. |
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Cystic hygroma
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Cavernous lymphangioma of the neck.
Associated with Turner syndrome. |
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Glomus tumor
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Benign, painful, red-blue tumor under fingernails.
Arises from modified smooth muscle cells of the glomus body. |
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Bacillary angiomatosis
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Benign capillary skin papules found in AIDS patients. Caused by Bartonella henselae infections.
Frequently mistaken for Kaposi's sarcoma. |
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Angiosarcoma
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Highly lethal malignancy of the liver.
Associated with vinyl chloride, arsenic, and ThO2 (thorotrast) exposure. |
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Lymphangiosarcoma
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Lymphatic malignancy associated with persistent lymphadema.
Eg - post-radical mastectomy |
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Kaposi's sarcoma
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Endothelial malignancy of the skin associated with HHV-8 and HIV.
Frequently mistaken for bacillary angiomatosis. |