Juvenile Capillary Hemangioma

(strawberry nevus)

Epidemiology and Etiology:

· Most common tumour of infancy

· Usually appears in first few weeks of life

· Female predominance

Common sites:

· Head

· Neck

· trunk

Gross features:

·

Histologic features:

· Highly cellular lobules (early lesion)

· Densely apposed capillaries

· Little or no lumen formation

· Mitoses usually present

· Perineural infiltration maybe

Immunophenotype:

Marker:	Sensitivity:	Specificity:
GLUT-1		Useful to exclude a low-grade malignant process

Molecular features:

·

Other features:

· Variable regression

References:

· Silverberg SG, DeLellis RA, Frable WJ, LiVolsi VA, Wick MR. Silverberg's Principles and Practice of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology: 2-Volume Set. 4th ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2005:2656.