A Rapidly Enlarging Cutaneous Hemangioma in Pregnancy

This is a case of a rapidly enlarging cutaneous pedunculated tumor on a patient’s thumb during her pregnancy. This was excised and identified as a hemangioma. A literature search identified a possible hormonal factor in causing an accelerated growth of this tumor.

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Autores principales: Ma’ayeh, Marwan, Purandare, Nikhil, Harrison, Michelle, Geary, Michael P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25332760
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2014.644
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spelling pubmed-42021822014-10-20 A Rapidly Enlarging Cutaneous Hemangioma in Pregnancy Ma’ayeh, Marwan Purandare, Nikhil Harrison, Michelle Geary, Michael P. Clin Pract Case Report This is a case of a rapidly enlarging cutaneous pedunculated tumor on a patient’s thumb during her pregnancy. This was excised and identified as a hemangioma. A literature search identified a possible hormonal factor in causing an accelerated growth of this tumor. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4202182/ /pubmed/25332760 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2014.644 Text en ©Copyright M. Ma’ayeh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BYNC 3.0)
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