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Vascular hamartoma

MedGen UID:
1782263
•Concept ID:
C5441573
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Angiomatous nevus; Nevus sanguineous; Nevus sanguineus; Vascular Hamartoma; Vascular hamartomas; Vascular nevus
SNOMED CT: Vascular nevus (90893005); Nevus sanguineus (90893005); Vascular hamartoma (90893005); Nevus sanguineous (254208002); Vascular hamartomas (268284006); Angiomatous nevus (90893005)
 
HPO: HP:0032579

Definition

A benign focal growth composed of vascular tissue. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVascular hamartoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Recent advances in the pathobiology and clinical management of lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Harari S, Spagnolo P, Cocconcelli E, Luisi F, Cottin V
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2018 Sep;24(5):469-476. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000502. PMID: 29927757
The endovascular management of neurofibromatosis-associated aneurysms: A systematic review.
Bargiela D, Verkerk MM, Wee I, Welman K, Ng E, Choong AMTL
Eur J Radiol 2018 Mar;100:66-75. Epub 2017 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.12.014. PMID: 29496081
Cowden syndrome and the PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome: systematic review and revised diagnostic criteria.
Pilarski R, Burt R, Kohlman W, Pho L, Shannon KM, Swisher E
J Natl Cancer Inst 2013 Nov 6;105(21):1607-16. Epub 2013 Oct 17 doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt277. PMID: 24136893

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Histopathologic Spectrum of Neuromuscular and Vascular Hamartoma With Special Reference to the Vasculopathic Phenomenon.
Ayyanar P, Purkait S, Mishra TS, Patra S, Mitra S
Int J Surg Pathol 2020 Jun;28(4):382-392. Epub 2019 Nov 24 doi: 10.1177/1066896919890129. PMID: 31760840
Cryptogenic Multifocal Ulcerating Stenosing Enteropathy(CMUSE) and/or Chronic Non-specific Multiple Ulcers of the Small Intestine(CNSU) and Non-granulomatous Ulcerating Jejunoileitis (NGUJI).
Singh A
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2019 Sep 10;21(10):53. doi: 10.1007/s11894-019-0721-6. PMID: 31501950
Vascular hamartoma of the paranasal sinuses: report of 3 rare cases and a short review of the literature.
Mannan AA, Sharma MC, Singh MK, Bahadur S, Hatimota P
Ear Nose Throat J 2009 Jan;88(1):740-3. PMID: 19172571
Vascular adrenal cysts: a brief review of the literature.
Carvounis E, Marinis A, Arkadopoulos N, Theodosopoulos T, Smyrniotis V
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006 Nov;130(11):1722-4. doi: 10.5858/2006-130-1722-VACABR. PMID: 17076539
The nature of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
Liang J, Yi Z, Lianq P
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000 Oct;123(4):475-81. doi: 10.1067/mhn.2000.105061. PMID: 11020189

Diagnosis

Unilateral vascular hamartomas of the vaginal tunic in a dog.
Barrantes Murillo DF, Newsom E, Edwards JF, Joiner K
J Vet Diagn Invest 2023 Sep;35(5):568-572. Epub 2023 Jul 3 doi: 10.1177/10406387231184841. PMID: 37395186Free PMC Article
Cardiac Vascular Hamartoma: Adult Diagnosis and Cardiac Reconstruction.
Franzese I, Gripshi F, Fiocco A, Rauber E, Ruggiero D, Bussani R, Mazzaro E
Ann Thorac Surg 2023 Mar;115(3):e67-e69. Epub 2022 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.03.042. PMID: 35367435
Vascular Hamartoma of the Pancreas.
Jha AK
Am J Gastroenterol 2021 Jun 1;116(6):1356-1357. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001083. PMID: 34074833
Cryptogenic Multifocal Ulcerating Stenosing Enteropathy(CMUSE) and/or Chronic Non-specific Multiple Ulcers of the Small Intestine(CNSU) and Non-granulomatous Ulcerating Jejunoileitis (NGUJI).
Singh A
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2019 Sep 10;21(10):53. doi: 10.1007/s11894-019-0721-6. PMID: 31501950
CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA OF THE RETINA: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature (1934-2015).
Wang W, Chen L
Retina 2017 Apr;37(4):611-621. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001374. PMID: 27820777

Therapy

Cryptogenic Multifocal Ulcerating Stenosing Enteropathy(CMUSE) and/or Chronic Non-specific Multiple Ulcers of the Small Intestine(CNSU) and Non-granulomatous Ulcerating Jejunoileitis (NGUJI).
Singh A
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2019 Sep 10;21(10):53. doi: 10.1007/s11894-019-0721-6. PMID: 31501950
Histopathology of diaphragm disease of the small intestine: a study of 10 cases from a single institution.
De Petris G, López JI
Am J Clin Pathol 2008 Oct;130(4):518-25. doi: 10.1309/7DDT5TDVB5C6BNHV. PMID: 18794043
Diaphragm disease after use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents: first report of diagnosis with capsule endoscopy.
Yousfi MM, De Petris G, Leighton JA, Sharma VK, Pockaj BA, Jaroszewski DE, Heigh RI, Ramzan NN, Fleischer DE
J Clin Gastroenterol 2004 Sep;38(8):686-91. doi: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000135367.66159.87. PMID: 15319653
Clinical and pathologic overlap in nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-related small bowel diaphragm disease and the neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma of the small bowel.
Cortina G, Wren S, Armstrong B, Lewin K, Fajardo L
Am J Surg Pathol 1999 Nov;23(11):1414-7. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199911000-00013. PMID: 10555011

Prognosis

A Vasculitis-Associated Neuromuscular and Vascular Hamartoma Presenting as a Fatal Form of Abdominal Cocoon.
Pattnaik SA, Mitra S, Mishra TS, Purkait S, Kumar P, Naik S
Int J Surg Pathol 2019 Feb;27(1):108-115. Epub 2018 Jul 11 doi: 10.1177/1066896918786582. PMID: 29992844
CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA OF THE RETINA: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature (1934-2015).
Wang W, Chen L
Retina 2017 Apr;37(4):611-621. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001374. PMID: 27820777
Vascular hamartoma of the paranasal sinuses: report of 3 rare cases and a short review of the literature.
Mannan AA, Sharma MC, Singh MK, Bahadur S, Hatimota P
Ear Nose Throat J 2009 Jan;88(1):740-3. PMID: 19172571
Vascular adrenal cysts: a brief review of the literature.
Carvounis E, Marinis A, Arkadopoulos N, Theodosopoulos T, Smyrniotis V
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2006 Nov;130(11):1722-4. doi: 10.5858/2006-130-1722-VACABR. PMID: 17076539
The nature of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
Liang J, Yi Z, Lianq P
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000 Oct;123(4):475-81. doi: 10.1067/mhn.2000.105061. PMID: 11020189

Clinical prediction guides

Unusual etiology of bilateral acute visual impairment: Optochiasmatic cavernoma haemorrhage.
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Am J Emerg Med 2019 Mar;37(3):564.e1-564.e4. Epub 2018 Dec 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.12.024. PMID: 30616870
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage caused by adult intussusception secondary to small intestinal tumors: Two case reports.
Li Z, Sun M, Song B, Shu Z
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Aug;97(34):e12053. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000012053. PMID: 30142859Free PMC Article
Neuromuscular and Vascular Hamartoma of the Small Intestine: An Exuberant Reparative Process Secondary to Chronic Inflammation.
Crothers JW, Zenali M
Int J Surg Pathol 2015 Dec;23(8):673-6. Epub 2015 Aug 14 doi: 10.1177/1066896915600518. PMID: 26275621
Neuromuscolar and vascular hamartoma of the duodenum. A clinical case and review of the literature.
Minni F, Margiotta A, Guerra E, Marrano N, Selva S, Ricci C, Grottola T, Santini D
Ann Ital Chir 2005 Mar-Apr;76(2):195-8. PMID: 16302660
Some considerations about the "Fibrolipocalcareous myopathy" (Mattioli-Foggia and Raso disease).
Menditto V, Menditto C, Marino MP, Ferrara N
Pathologica 1996 Oct;88(5):452-6. PMID: 8988659

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