Stop Calling Me Cavernous Hemangioma! A Literature Review on Misdiagnosed Bony Vascular Anomalies.

Stop Calling Me Cavernous Hemangioma! A Literature Review on Misdiagnosed Bony Vascular Anomalies. J Invest Surg. 2020 Nov 05;:1-10 Authors: Liberale C, Rozell-Shannon L, Moneghini L, Stavros T, Giacomo C, Nocini R Abstract Vascular malformations of the bone most often involve the cranio-facial area. Even in relevant peer reviewed journals, venous malformations are often misdiagnosed as "hemangiomas" or "angiomas" of the bone. By reviewing literature from the past 5 years (2013-2018), we found many reports of vascular malformations of the bone where the diagnosis was incorrect. Unfortunately, there is still much confusion in understanding and/or diagnosing vascular malformations, despite the fact that in recent years many papers tried to clarify this topic. The purpose of this article is to make a review of the scientific literature concerning vascular malformations of the bone which have been reported as angioma, hemangioma, or hemangioendothelioma, and have been published between January 2013 to October 2018. Clinical features, imaging and histologic reports contained in the papers were reviewed. Subsequently, after reviewing every single paper we reclassified the diagnosis according to the 2018 ISSVA classification. Almost all of the vascular anomalies presented in the reviewed papers as angiomas, hemangiomas, or hemangioendotheliomas were venous (mostly) or arteriovenous malformations. Therefore, only 8 out of 58 papers (14.7%) h...
Source: Journal of Investigative Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: J Invest Surg Source Type: research