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VETERINARY PATHOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 343-345Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0300985809358429
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calf; congenital neoplasm; cutaneous neoplasm; epithelioid hemangioma; spontaneous regression
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Congenital vascular tumors of the skin have been described in people and a few animals, but unlike infantile hemangiomas in children, spontaneous regression has not been described in animals. A 2-day-old male Belgian Blue cross calf was presented for multiple congenital cutaneous masses that were soft, alopecic, and hyperemic; the calf had no other apparent abnormalities. Two weeks later, one mass had regressed. Surgical excision of one of the remaining masses was performed; histopathologic and immunohistochemical findings were considered diagnostic for epithelioid hemangioma. Eight months following initial presentation, all the masses had regressed spontaneously. This constitutes the first account in the veterinary literature of spontaneous regression in a congenital vascular tumor.
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