Haemangioma

Last revised by Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod ◉ on 15 Jul 2023

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

D'Souza D, Ranchod A, Ashraf A, et al. Haemangioma. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1415

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1415

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rID:

1415

Article created:

2 May 2008, Donna D'Souza

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Donna D'Souza had no recorded disclosures.

Last revised:

15 Jul 2023, Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

Revisions:

22 times, by 15 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Vascular

Tags:

haemangioma, vascular malformation

Synonyms:

Haemangiomas are benign tumours of vascular origin, usually seen in early childhood. Though many types exist according to the ISSVA classification, the most common are by far infantile haemangiomas. Other types include congenital haemangiomas, spindle-cell haemangiomas, epithelioid haemangiomas and intramuscular haemangiomas.

Unfortunately, the term haemangioma has been widely misused to apply to many non-neoplastic vascular malformations, particularly the common non-neoplastic soft tissue venous malformations and cerebral cavernous venous malformations (cavernomas). Gradually, the everyday nomenclature is catching up to modern classification systems (see ISSVA classification and/or the less used Hamburg classification system), and it is best to avoid the term haemangioma unless referring to the truly neoplastic entities above.