angioma

Examples

• All

• Cherry angiomas often appear on the skin as small red or purple spots.

• Many people develop angiomas as they age, especially on sun-exposed skin.

• Those cherry angiomas are really common if you have too much estrogen and if you have tender breasts and heavy menses, that's too much estrogen.

• In the sinonasal tract, the most common hemangiomatous lesions are capillary hemangiomas; angiomas and cavernous hemangiomas are extremely rare.

  Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

H

hemangioma

vsangioma

• Specialized

1 9.9

A soft lump of blood vessels in the skin that looks like a red birthmark

includes masses of blood or lymphatic vessels generally rather than only blood ones

L

lymphangioma

vsangioma

• Specialized

9.9

A soft harmless growth of small vessels that carry lymph, often in children

covers both blood and lymphatic vessel masses rather than lymphatic alone

A

angiofibroma

vsangioma

• Specialized

9.9

A growth of blood vessels and fibrous tissue in the nose that often causes nosebleeds

is the general vessel mass without extra fibrous tissue or fixed location

A

angiolipoma

vsangioma

• Specialized

9.3

A harmless lump under the skin made of fat and small blood vessels

focuses on vessel masses without significant fat content or subcutaneous location

S

spider angioma

vsangioma

• Specialized

7.7

A small red mark on the skin with a dot in the middle and thin red lines like a spider

is a true tumor mass rather than a single dilated superficial vessel

Compounds

S

spider angioma

• Specialized

7.7

A small red mark on the skin with a dot in the middle and thin red lines like a spider

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology