Neoplasia of the Heart and Blood Vessels

Neoplasia of the Heart and Blood Vessels

·        Haemangioma:

o   Common congenital vascular lesions usually occurring in the skin

o   Haemangioendothelioma: endothelial vascular tumour, intermediate between haemangioma and frankly malignant angiosarcomas

o   Multiple Haemangiomatous syndromes: angiomatous lesions present in two or more tissues

·        Kaposi‟s sarcoma: malignant tumour of endothelial cells. Associated with AIDS. Painful purple to brown lesions

·        Myxoma: most common primary benign tumour of the heart. Jelly like appearance, typically located on the atrial side of the mitral valve

·        Rhabdomyoma: primary benign striated muscle cell tumour of the myocardium, typically found in children