hemangioma

Term: hemangioma

Literally meaning: tumor of blood vessels

Origin: Anc Greek

αίμα/hema(=blood)

αγγείο/angio(=vessel, receptacle) >  άγγος/aggos(=tube)

-ωμα/-oma(=condition of a disease such as in tumors)

Coined/History

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Liebow and Hubbell first described the lesion sclerosing hemangioma of the lung in 1956

Definition

Hemangioma is a benign proliferationsof endothelial cells of  blood vessels.