Tufted angioma with complete regression

J Cutan Pathol. 1994 Oct;21(5):461-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1994.tb00290.x.

Abstract

We describe 2 patients with tufted angioma (angioblastoma of Nakagawa) which regressed spontaneously. Both patients had a solitary but large lesion on the trunk. The 1st patient, a 3-month-old girl, presented with a 6-cm plaque which began to regress 2 years later. It regressed completely over 1 year and had not recurred after a further 6-year follow-up. The other patient, a 3-month-old boy, presented with a 12-cm mass of coalescent angiomatous papules which slowly regressed over 3-years, while small new lesions appeared in the adjacent contiguous skin. Eventually, gradual and near complete regression was observed after 8 years. The histology in both cases was typical, but bore some resemblance to the recently described kaposiform hemangioendothelioma, lobular capillary hemangioma and spindle cell hemangioendothelioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemangioma / pathology*
  • Hemangioma / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / physiopathology