Meanings
plural hemangiomatoses
- countableuncountablemedicineA condition in which multiple hemangiomas are present on the body.
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Case of neonatal LCH is very rarely observed, and the calculated incidence of LCH in infants is 25 per 1 million infants, and <5% of these cases are found to be neonates. Although cases of neonatal LCH presenting as a blueberry muffin baby or mimicking neonatal hemangiomatosis have been reported, a combination of diffuse hemorrhagic nodules and a giant cutaneous mass has not been published.
2015, Lai-San Wong, “An Unusual Case of Neonatal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Diffuse Hemorrhagic Nodules and a Cutaneous Abdominal Mass”, in Indian Journal of Dermatology, volume 60, →DOI
Origin
From hemangioma (“blood vessel tumor”) + -osis (“disease”).
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