Hemangioma - Types And Symptoms Of Hemangioma

Hemangioma is a congenital defect in the development of blood vessels in the dermal layer of the skin. It is considered a pronounced cosmetic defect. Such defects are quite dangerous for the patient's life. Any injury that damages superficial vessels will inevitably lead to bleeding, severe or less severe.

The most dangerous situation arises if the cavernous hemangioma is damaged, which has large cavities and is associated with deep-lying vessels. Damaged arterial hemangioma can cause gushing bleeding. Ulceration can also be referred to as a serious complication. The development of phlebitis and thrombophlebitis will become a source of great problems.

In boys, hemangiomas are 2–3 times less common than in girls. Hemangiomas are detected immediately after birth, sometimes during the first two months of life.

Hemangiomas are usually localized in the head and neck or in the parotid region.

There are both single and multiple hemangiomas. When hemangiomas are located in the perineum and external genitalia, frequent ulceration occurs, as a result of which the tumor heals itself.

Types of hemangioma

Hemangioma can affect different organs and parts of the body. Modern medicine distinguishes several types of hemangiomas.

Hemangioma of the liver is a common neoplasm in the liver, which can only be eliminated with the help of a surgeon. Hemangioma affects any part of the liver, and its growth is possible. It can expand outside the liver and harm other nearby vital organs by compressing them.

Hemangioma of the kidney is a benign neoplasm that is quite rare.

Spinal hemangioma (vertebral hemangioma) is a very common disease of the spine. It can be formed both on the middle thoracic and lower thoracic spine. Active tumors with clinical manifestations are rare. Especially dangerous is the hemangioma of the body of the spine, which causes severe pain, can reduce the strength or completely destroy the bone trabeculae of the spine, which serve as support.

Hemangioma on the lip is often found in children on vascular and mucous tissues, is a benign neoplasm.

A simple hemangioma usually has a red or blue-purple color, is located on the surface, the boundaries are clearly defined, affect the skin and a few millimeters of the subcutaneous fat layer, usually grows to the sides. Rarely, hemangioma is uneven, slightly protruding above the skin (usually it is smooth). One of the symptoms of hemangioma is that if you press on it, then it turns pale for a short period of time, then again takes on its color.

Cavernous hemangioma is usually located under the skin, is a limited nodular formation, soft elastic consistency. It consists of various cavities - cavities filled with blood. Cavernous hemangiomas look like tumor formations, on top of the skin of a normal color, sometimes cyanotic. As the tumor grows, the skin becomes blue-purple in color. When pressed on the hemangioma, it subsides and at the same time turns pale (due to the outflow of blood). With screaming and coughing, the hemangioma increases.

Combined hemangioma is usually a combination of superficial and subcutaneous hemangiomas (simple and cavernous). It is detected depending on the predominance of one or another part of the vascular tumor. The appearance and consistency, again, depend on the tissues included in its composition.

Methods for treating hemangioma

There is no need to treat a hemangioma, unless the tumor grows very much in size. At the Delta Clinic medical center, experts recommend that for the control and growth of the tumor in an inactive form (less than 3 cm), systematically observed by a doctor, conduct an ultrasound examination every 6-12 months.

Surgery is required in case of rapid growth of liver hemangioma. Various methods are used to remove hemangiomas - liver resection, hemangioma exfoliation, hemangioma sclerosis, cryotherapy, electrocoagulation. In the case of external hemangioma, conservative treatment methods are usually used.