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Robert M Rosen, D. O. |
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Lymphangioma Endothelial cells of lymphangioma are: Factor VIII negative (hemangiomas positive) Ulex europeas agglutinin I positive (hemangiomas also positive) Localized lymphangioma circumscription - single patch thick walled vesicles, less than 1 cm, onset later in life common (variant progressive LC - young, in college, in size) Classic lymph circ - large patches with vesicles at birth (occasionally later), diffuse swelling underneath or rarely cystic hydroma lesion underneath skin verrucoid between vesicles, path cisterns with muscular coat Cavernous - lipoma-like, mouth area number 1, in neck or axilla = cystic hygroma |