angioma
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When Heather was in her early 20s, she was diagnosed with a cluster of abnormal blood vessels in her brain - a cavernous angioma.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
Describe the flat, or non-elevated, variety of angioma.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
Cavernous Angioma.—This form of angioma consists of a series of large blood spaces which are usually derived from the dilatation of the capillaries of a subcutaneous nævus.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Blood Cysts.—These may originate in a diverticulum of a vein that has become isolated, or in a cavernous angioma; or they may be due to hæmorrhage taking place into a branchial or thyreo-glossal cyst.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Other tumours of the gums, such as angioma and papilloma, are rare.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Because cherry angiomas are small collections of blood vessels, you shouldn’t try to remove them yourself.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022
They are sometimes derived from innocent angiomas, and they may be so vascular as to pulsate and on auscultation yield a blowing murmur like an aneurysm.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
The angiomas are tumors composed mainly of blood vessels or blood spaces and are observed on the skin of man, where they are called "birthmarks" or "mother marks."
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Tumours of blood vessels may be divided, according to the nature of the vessels of which they are composed, into the capillary, the venous, and the arterial angiomas.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Cavernous angiomas are seen in cattle, affecting the liver and the mucous membrane of the nasal septum.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Into what two classes may angiomata be roughly grouped?
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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