hemangiomatosis

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noun

A condition in which multiple hemangiomas are present on the body.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounhemangiomatosis (countable and uncountable, plural hemangiomatoses)

plural hemangiomatoses

  1. 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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