A teenager has a progressively increasing soft reddish swelling on his chest. Its histological appearance is given below. Which of the following is the likely diagnosis?
High-Yield Explanation
- Hemangioma is commonest tumor of infancy - Early manifestation for development of this conditiona VHL syndrome Hemangiomas may enlarge along with the growth of the child, but in many instances they spontaneously regress In addition to their cosmetic significance, they can represent one facet of the hereditary disorder von Hippel-Lindau disease. A subset of CNS cavernous hemangiomas can occur in the familial setting; these families harbor mutations in one of three cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) genes.