hamartoma/ulex europaeus

Eccrine angiomatous hamartoma (nevus) is a rare form of congenital tumorous malformation with proliferation of eccrine secretory coils and ducts, surrounding capillary angiomatous channels and occasionally other minor elements. To date, there have been only about 24 cases reported in the literature.

Five cases of a distinctive benign soft tissue lesion of the scalp in patients ranging from 4 months to 40 years of age are described. Clinically, the lesions appeared as solitary, subcutaneous nodules suggestive of a cystic vascular malformation or other benign condition. Histologically, however,

Proteus syndrome (PS) is a congenital disorder manifesting with severe deformities, the salient features being gigantism and vascular tumors. The disorder is poorly understood, and there has been much discrepancy in the terminology regarding the vascular tumors in PS. The purpose of this study was

The histological and immunohistochemical features of 20 glomus tumours (glomangiomas) were studied retrospectively in routinely processed material. The tumours came from 18 patients (9 women and 9 men, aged 25 to 80 years); two were recurring lesions. Twelve were classified as solid glomus tumours,