Hemangioendothelioma
Classification and external resources
ICD-O:	9130-9133
MeSH	D006390

Hemangioendothelioma is used to describe a group of vascular neoplasms that may be considered benign or malignant in their activity.

Contents 1 Presentation 2 Treatment 3 Types of hemangioendotheliomas 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Presentation

They have been described as masses that fall between a hemangioma and angiosarcoma. They are vascular tumors that commonly present with an enlarging mass and have been reported in the head and neck, intestines, lungs, lymph nodes, pleura, retroperitoneum, stomach, and many other body sites.

[edit] Treatment

Surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy have all been used to treat these masses.

[edit] Types of hemangioendotheliomas

• Epithelioid ^[1]

• Kaposiform ^[2]

• Retiform^[3]

[edit] See also

• Infantile hemangioendothelioma

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hemgioendothelioma Support Group
• Maxillofacialcenter
• H.E.A.R.D. Hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma And Related vascular Disorders Support Group and International H.E.A.R.D. Registry

v • d • e Vascular tissue neoplasm (ICD-O 9120-9179) (C49/D18, 171/215) Blood Hemangioma/hemangiosarcoma · Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome · Hemangioendothelioma (Infantile hemangioendothelioma) · Kaposi's sarcoma · Hemangiopericytoma · Angiokeratoma · Capillary hemangioma (Hemangioblastoma) · Cavernous hemangioma Lymphatic Lymphangioma/lymphangiosarcoma · PEComa (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis) · Cystic hygroma Either Angioma/angiosarcoma · Angiofibroma vascular navs: anat/physio/dev, noncongen/systemic vasculitis/congen/neoplasia, symptoms+signs/eponymous, proc lymphatic organ navs: anat, physio, lymphatic disease/splenic disease/thymus disorders/thymus neoplasia/vascular tumors, proc

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