What is Angioma?

What is Angioma?

• Angioma: Clump of blood or lymph vessels usually in the skin.
• Angioma: benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Angioma: a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Angioma: Introduction

Types of Angioma:

Types of Angioma:

• Capillary hemangiomas - also called "Strawberry marks"
• Nevus flammeus - also called "Portwine stains"
• Cavernous hemangiomas
• Spider angiomas - affecting arterioles
• Lymphangiomas - caused by lymph vessels rather than blood vessels
• more types...»

Broader types of Angioma:

• Birthmark
• more types...»

How serious is Angioma?

Complications of Angioma: see complications of Angioma

What causes Angioma?

Causes of Angioma: see causes of Angioma
Risk factors for Angioma: see risk factors for Angioma

What are the symptoms of Angioma?

Symptoms of Angioma: see symptoms of Angioma

Complications of Angioma: see complications of Angioma

Angioma: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Angioma.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Angioma.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Angioma: see treatments for Angioma

Society issues for Angioma

Hospitalization statistics for Angioma: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Angioma:

• 0.05% (6,833) of hospital consultant episodes were for haemangioma and lymphangioma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 98% of hospital consultant episodes for haemangioma and lymphangioma required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 43% of hospital consultant episodes for haemangioma and lymphangioma were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 57% of hospital consultant episodes for haemangioma and lymphangioma were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 7% of hospital consultant episodes for haemangioma and lymphangioma required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for haemangioma and lymphangioma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Name and Aliases of Angioma

Main name of condition: Angioma

Haemangioma, Hemangioma Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Angioma:

• Benign vascular tumor
• Senile hemangioma
• Cherry hemangioma
• Strawberry nevus
• Visceral hemangioma
• Intramuscular hemangioma
• Hemangioma of the bone
• Hemangiomatosis
• Skeletal-extraskeletal angiomatosis
• Vertebral hemangioma
• Kasabach-Merritt syndrome
• Tumor-induced osteomalacia
• Gorham disease

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