Hemangioendothelioma
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A neoplasm derived from blood vessels, characterized by numerous prominent endothelial cells that occur singly, in aggregates, and as the lining of congeries of vascular tubes or channels. Hemangioendotheliomas are relatively rare and are of intermediate malignancy (between benign hemangiomas and conventional angiosarcomas). They affect men and women about equally and rarely develop in childhood. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
PR2.12625, 1953-1969
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12625
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: facial paralysis; nystagmus; dysarthria; tremor; aphasia; glomus jugulare tumour; angioendotheliomatous tumour; and papilloeema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1953-1969
The Lesions: without obvious haemorrhage, c.1950
Item
Identifier: LHB1/61A/94/2/24
Scope and Contents
Demonstration board, numbered 9 with four images on photographic material: one photograph of a section of brain, one of a section of brain stem and two photographs of the lesion in the patient. Notes accompanying the board describe more fully the case.
Dates:
c.1950