Anastomosing hemangioma with extensive fatty stroma in the retroperitoneum

• Main Authors: Ananthvikas Jayaram, Marie Therese Manipadam, Paul Mazhuvanchary Jacob
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
• Subjects: Anastomosing hemangioma; capillaries; hobnail; sinusoidal
• Online Access: http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2018;volume=61;issue=1;spage=120;epage=122;aulast=Jayaram
• ISSN: 0377-4929

Anastomosing hemangiomas are a recently recognized benign vascular neoplasm, first described by Montgomery and Epstein in 2009. A few cases have been described in the genitourinary tract, especially in the renal hilum. These are fairly well-demarcated lesions with lobules of sinusoidal-like capillaries lined by hobnail endothelial cells containing eosinophilic hyaline globules in the cytoplasm. Extramedullary hematopoiesis has been described in a few cases, along with large feeding vessels. A predominant adipocytic component has been described in only one case.[9] We describe a case of a retroperitoneal anastomosing hemangioma occurring in an extrarenal site in a 53-year-old female, followed by a review of the current literature.