Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Calf born with skin blood vessel tumors that went away on their own
By Priestnall, S L et al.·Published in Veterinary pathology·2010·Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Spontaneous regression of congenital cutaneous hemangiomas in a calf.
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- cattle
Plain-English summary
A 2-day-old male Belgian Blue cross calf was brought in because he had several soft, hairless, and red skin lumps. After two weeks, one of the lumps got smaller on its own. The vet surgically removed one of the other lumps, and tests confirmed it was a type of vascular tumor called an epithelioid hemangioma. Remarkably, by eight months later, all the lumps had disappeared without any further treatment. This is the first time spontaneous regression of such tumors has been reported in animals.
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Abstract
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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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20118321/