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Hemangioma, Cavernous

"Hemangioma, Cavernous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A vascular anomaly that is a collection of tortuous BLOOD VESSELS and connective tissue. This tumor-like mass with the large vascular space is filled with blood and usually appears as a strawberry-like lesion in the subcutaneous areas of the face, extremities, or other regions of the body including the central nervous system.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hemangioma, Cavernous" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hemangioma, Cavernous" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 30 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1995 and 1996 and 2003 and 2019 and 2021
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