Abstract
There is a clinical impression among physicians that puberty may prompt growth of hemangiomas. We observed significant growth of a large cavernous hemangioma in a patient at the onset of puberty despite absent estrogen and progesterone receptors in the hemangioma tissue.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Estradiol / blood
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Female
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone / blood
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Genital Neoplasms, Female / pathology
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Genital Neoplasms, Female / physiopathology
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Hemangioma, Cavernous / analysis
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Hemangioma, Cavernous / pathology
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Hemangioma, Cavernous / physiopathology*
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Hemangioma, Cavernous / surgery
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Humans
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Luteinizing Hormone / blood
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Progesterone / blood
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Puberty*
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Receptors, Estrogen / analysis
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Receptors, Progesterone / analysis
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Skin Neoplasms / analysis
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Skin Neoplasms / pathology
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Skin Neoplasms / physiopathology*
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Skin Neoplasms / surgery
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Testosterone / blood
Substances
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Receptors, Estrogen
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Receptors, Progesterone
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Testosterone
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Progesterone
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Estradiol
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Luteinizing Hormone
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone