RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia (Masson's Hemangioma) Presenting as a Soft-tissue Sarcoma
JF Anticancer Research
JO Anticancer Res
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 1409
OP 1412
VO 25
IS 2B
A1 KORKOLIS, DIMITRIS P.
A1 PAPAEVANGELOU, MARIA
A1 KOULAXOUZIDIS, GEORGE
A1 ZIRGANOS, NIKOS
A1 PSICHOGIOU, HELEN
A1 VASSILOPOULOS, PERIKLES P.
YR 2005
UL http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/25/2B/1409.abstract
AB Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (Masson's hemangioma) is an unusual, benign, non-neoplastic, vascular lesion characterized histologically by papillary fronds lined by proliferating endothelium. It may appear as a primary or pure form developing in a distended vessel, or it can be associated with hemangiomas, pyogenic granulomas, or lymphagiomas. Nearly all lesions are intimately associated with a thrombus in various stages of organization. The main significance of intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia is its clinical and histological resemblance to soft-tissue sarcoma and possible misinterpretation as such. A case of intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia clinically diagnosed and treated as a low-grade angiosarcoma, in a 60-year-old man, presenting with a mass in the left thigh, is reported. Copyright© 2005 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved