• Vascular anomaliescan be broken down into two
major categories:
Tumors and malformations
• There are several different vascular tumors, but
infantile hemangiomas are the most common.
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Others vascular tumorsinclude;
• Tuft angiomas
• Pyogenic granulomas
• Angiosarcomas
• Kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas.
Management depends on their medical history,
diagnosis, and most importantly their location.
Introduction
• Tumors andtumor-like conditions of the vascular system are divided
into three categories according to their degree of malignancy:
• Childhood vascular tumors may be classified into four groups.
• Benign tumors
• Intermediate tumors that may spread locally
• Intermediate tumors that may spread to other parts of the body
• Malignant tumors
• vascular tumor arise from endothelial cells and supporting cells
• Classification of these lesions is still the source of much controversy
and is based on clinical appearance, pathology, embryology, and
endothelial growth character
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Differences between benignand malignant
vascular tumors
• Benign
Vascular channels with blood cells or lymph
Monolayer of normal appearing ECF.
• Malignant.
Cytologic atypia
Proliferative
Vessels not well-organize
MALIGNANT VASCULAR TUMORS
•Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
• Angiosarcoma: Idiopathic (Head and neck), Associated with
chronic lymphedema (Stewart-Treves), Post radiation,
Epithelioid
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Tests and treatmentoverview of vascular
tumors
• Tests
• U/s scan
• CT scan
• MRI
• X-ray
• Biopsy
• Treatment overview
• Beta-blocker therapy
• Surgery (Excision, Laser surgery,
Post radiation hepatectomy)
• Photocoagulation
• Cryotherapy
• Embolization
• Chemotherapy
• Sclerotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• Targeted therapy
• Immunotherapy
• Other drug therapy
• Observation
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Benign vascular tumors
1.INFANTILE/JUVENILE/STRAWBERRY/CAPILLARY HAEMANGIOMA
• It contains immature Vaso formative tissues. There will be
eventually intravascular thrombosis, fibrosis and mast cell
infiltration.
Most common type of benign vascular tumor in children.
• IH form when immature cells that are meant to form blood vessels
form a tumor instead.
• AKA "strawberry mark."
• These tumors are not usually seen at birth
• Onset is few weeks after birth with biphasic growth showing initial
rapid growth with gradual involution over 5-7 years.
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The hemangiomas slowlyfade away over the next several years,
but a red mark or loose or wrinkled skin may remain.
They are usually on the head and neck but can be anywhere on or
in the body.
It is commonly seen in skin and subcutaneous tissue but can occur
anywhere in the body like in liver, brain, lungs or other organs
Hemangiomas may appear as a single lesion, one or more lesions
spread over a larger area of the body, or multiple lesions in more
than one part of the body.
Lesions that are spread over a larger area of the body or multiple
lesions are more likely to cause problems.
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• Infantile hemangioma
withminimal or arrested
growth (IH-MAG) is a
certain type of infantile
hemangioma that is seen
at birth and does not
tend to get bigger.
• The lesion appears as
light and dark areas of
redness in the skin.
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Cont.…..
• Involution causescolor fading, softness, shrinkage leaving crepe
paper like area.
• Often large hemangiomas may be associated with visceral
anomalies.
• Head and neck hemangioma is associated with ocular and
intracranial anomalies; sacral with spinal dysraphism.
• Multiple cutaneous hemangiomas may be associated with
hemangioma of liver causing hepatomegaly, cardiac failure
(CCF}, anemia.
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Variants of Capillaryhemangioma
 Lobular capillary hemangioma
(pyogenic granuloma). It’s a
common proliferative lesion,
related to trauma.
Site: superficial dermis like lips,
gums(EPULIS), hands, fingers,
 Tufted angioma
Acquired in childhood (1-5 yrs),
congenital forms exist
May persist unchanged or regress
completely in few yrs
Resembles cellular JCH but
discontinuous capillary lobules.
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 Cherry angioma
•Suspected involuted LCH
• Bright red, soft, raised,
dome-shaped lesion of
varying in size often present
in large numbers.
Microscopy:
• Numerous capillaries with
narrow lumina
• Prominent endothelial cells,
arranged in lobular fashion
in subpapillary region
• Intercapillary stroma edema
and collagen
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Pyogenic Granuloma
• Pyogenicgranuloma also called
lobular capillary hemangioma.
• It is most common in older
children but may occur at any age.
• The lesions are sometimes caused
by injury or from the use of certain
medicines, including birth control
pills and retinoids.
• Some lesions may be associated
with capillary malformations.
Usually there is only one lesion,
but sometimes multiple lesions
occur in the same area or the
lesions may spread to other areas
of the body.
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Signs
• Pyogenic granulomasare
raised, bright red lesions that
may be small or large and
smooth or bumpy.
• They grow quickly over weeks
to months and may bleed a lot.
• These lesions are usually on the
surface of the skin, but may
form in the tissues below the
skin and look like other vascular
lesions.
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Risk factors
• Girls.
•White patients.
• Premature babies.
• Twins, triplets, or other multiple births.
• Babies of mothers who are older at the time of
the pregnancy, have pre-eclampsia
• Positive family history
• PHACE syndrome
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Diagnosis
• Physical examand history are usually all that are needed to
diagnose infantile hemangiomas.
• USS;
• If the hemangioma is deeper inside the body with no change to
the skin, are spread across a large area of the body.
• If five or more on the skin pt should have an USS of the liver for
liver hemangioma.
• If the hemangiomas are part of a syndrome, more tests may be
done, such as an echocardiogram, MRI, magnetic resonance
angiogram, and eye exam.
• Biopsy for suspicious leisoins
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Treatment
• Most hemangiomasfade and shrink without treatment.
Treatment may include the following:
• Steroid therapy, before beta-blocker therapy is begun or when
beta-blockers cannot be used.
Rapidly growing hemangioma may need systemic/oral and
intralesional Antiangiogenic interferon 2a may be useful.
• Topical beta-blocker therapy (propranolol or timolol).
• Excision or curettage.
• Photocoagulation.
• Laser surgery, including pulsed dye laser surgery, may be used
for ulcerative hemangiomas
• Some pyogenic granulomas often come back after RX
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• Sclerotherapy/cryotherapy/C02 snowtherapy cause
unpleasant scarring.
• Life-threatening platelet trapping may be controlled by
cyclophosphamide chemotherapy.
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Congenital hemangiomas
• Congenitalhemangioma is a
benign vascular tumor that
begins forming before birth
and is fully formed when the
baby is born, it's non
progressive.
• They're usually on the skin
but can be in another organ.
• A congenital hemangioma
may occur as a rash of purple
spots and the skin around the
spot may be lighter
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Treatment
Treatment of rapidlyinvoluting congenital hemangioma and partial
involuting congenital hemangioma may include the following:
• Observation only.
Treatment of non-involuting congenital hemangioma may include
the following:
• Surgery to remove the tumor, depending on where it is and
whether it is causing symptoms.
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Malignant vascular tumors
EpithelioidHemangioendothelioma
• Common in adults aged 30 to 50 years.
• Can occur in children.
• They usually occur in the liver, lung, or in bone.
• They may be fast growing or slow growing.
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Signs
• On theskin, the tumors can be raised and rounded or flat, red-
brown patches that feel warm.
• In the lung ;
• Chest pain.
• Spitting up blood.
• Anemia (weakness, feeling tired, or looking pale).
• Trouble breathing (from scarred lung tissue).
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Treatment
• Treatment ofslow-growing epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas
includes the following:
• Observation.
• Treatment of fast-growing epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas may
include the following:
• Surgery.
• Immunotherapy (interferon) and targeted therapy (thalidomide,
sorafenib, pazopanib, sirolimus) for tumors that are likely to spread.
• Chemotherapy.
• Radiation therapy.
• Total hepatectomy and liver transplant when the tumor is in the
liver.
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Angiosarcoma
• Angiosarcomas arefast-growing tumors that form in blood vessels
or lymph vessels in any part of the body, usually in soft tissue.
• Most angiosarcomas are in or near the skin. Those in deeper soft
tissue can form in the liver, spleen, and lung.
• These tumors are very rare in children. Children sometimes have
more than one tumor in the skin and/or liver.
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Treatment
• Surgery tocompletely remove the tumor.
• A combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy
for angiosarcomas that have spread.
• Targeted therapy (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy for
angiosarcomas that began as infantile hemangiomas.
• A clinical trial of immunotherapy (nivolumab and ipilimumab).
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Risk factors
• Beingexposed to radiation.
• Chronic (long-term) lymphedema, a condition in which extra
lymph fluid builds up in tissues and causes swelling.
• Having a benign vascular tumor. A benign tumor, such as a
hemangioma, may become an angiosarcoma but this is rare.
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Treatment
• A combinationof surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy
for angiosarcomas that have spread.
• Targeted therapy (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy for
angiosarcomas that began as infantile hemangiomas.
• A clinical trial of immunotherapy (nivolumab and ipilimumab).