A case of multiple cavernous hemangiomas with skin and central nervous system involvement

J Dermatol. 2004 Oct;31(10):835-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00611.x.

Abstract

A 47-year-old woman presented with multiple bluish subcutaneous nodules on the trunk and upper extremities. The histological diagnosis of a subcutaneous nodule was cavernous hemangioma. Multiple cavernous hemangiomas were also found in her cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata on magnetic resonance imaging examination. We did not detect any mutations in the two loci of the TIE2 gene that have been reported in familial venous malformations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / genetics
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*
  • DNA, Neoplasm / analysis
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / genetics
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / genetics
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Risk Assessment
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • DNA, Neoplasm