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Vascular Lesions

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Abstract

Vascular lesions are primarily composed of the endothelial cells that line the arteries, veins, or lymphatics (Fig. 10.1a–c). Given the ubiquitous nature of these circulatory elements within the human body, it should come as no surprise that vascular neoplasms can arise in numerous anatomic locations.

Benign vascular lesions include numerous entities such as vascular malformations, reactive vascular proliferations, and hemangiomas. As multidisciplinary musculoskeletal groups tend to focus on the more aggressive vascular tumors in daily practice, this chapter will primarily discuss vascular tumors that are intermediate or malignant in behavior.

The original version of this chapter was revised. An erratum to this chapter can be found at DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55654-3_14

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Dashti, N.K. (2017). Vascular Lesions. In: Soft Tissue Pathology for Clinicians. Pathology for Clinicians. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55654-3_10

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