RT Book, Section
A1 Muller, Eric
A1 Demos, Terrence C.
A1 Paner, Gladell P.
A1 Lomasney, Laurie
A2 Dieter, Robert S.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126492367
T1 Venous and Lymphatic Tumors
T2 Venous and Lymphatic Diseases
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071601580
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126492367
RD 2024/04/20
AB In  the  peripheral  arterial  chapter  1,  primary  vascular  tumors  were  described  with  an  emphasis  on  the  lesions  that  affect  arteries  and  capillaries.  The  goal  of  this  chapter  is  to  expand  upon  that  chapter  to  include  peripheral  tumors  of  venous  and  lymphatic  origin.  It  is  well  known  that  the  classification  of  peripheral  vascular  tumors  is  very  difficult  and  that  the  schemes  have  changed  over  time.  These  schemes  have  been  based  on  a  wide  variety  of  characteristics,  including  morphologic  criteria  and  clinical  behavior.  Classification  challenges  include  both  determining  if  a  lesion  is  a  tumor  (hemangioma)  or  a  vascular  malformation  (hamartoma)  and  further  in  determining  if  a  tumor  is  benign  or  malignant.  To  further  complicate  the  matter,  many  lesions  contain  both  arterial  and  venous  elements.  We  have  attempted  to  include  tumors  with  primarily  venous  components  or  those  that  arise  in  a  vein.  Because  of  this  overlap,  some  of  these  lesions  were  already  described  in  the  arterial  chapter  1  and  are  not  discussed  here.  In  this  chapter,  lesions  are  classified  by  the  criteria  of  Calonje  and  Fletcher,1  which  take  into  account  both  pathologic  appearance  and  clinical  behavior.