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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.

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