congenital vascular anomalies
Types (ISSVA classification) (International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies)
vascular tumors
- infantile hemangioma (GLUT1 +)
- hemangiomas and angiosarcoma
- hemangioendotheliomas
- lymphangiomas and lymphangiosarcoma
- angiosarcomas
vascular malformations
- simple vascular malformations (slow flow)
- capillary malformations (CM)
- venous malformations (VM)
- arterial malformations (AM)
- lymphatic malformations (LM)
- simple vascular malformations (fast flow)
- aneurysm, ectasia, stenosis
- arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
- aretrionvenous malformation (AVM)
- combined vascular malformations
- AVF
- AVN
- CVM
- CLVM
- LVM
- CAVM
- CLAVM
The International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) divides congenital vascular anomalies into malformations and tumors and subclassified hemangiomas under tumors.
Particularly troublesome is the use of the term hemangioma, commonly used to describe a variety of vascular lesions (both malformations and tumors).
References
Al-Adnani M, Williams S, Rampling D, Ashworth M, Malone M, Sebire NJ. Histopathological reporting of paediatric cutaneous vascular anomalies in relation to proposed multidisciplinary classification system. J Clin Pathol. 2006 Dec;59(12):1278-82. PMID: #16751300#
North P and Kozakewich H. Vascular malformations and tumors in children. Society for Pediatric Pathology, 2004 meeting.
Hand JL, Frieden IJ.Vascular birthmarks of infancy: resolving nosologic confusion.Am J Med Genet. 2002 Apr 1;108(4):257-64. PMID: #11920828#