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Vascular tumors in the orbit--capillary and cavernous hemangiomas.

Rosca TI, Pop MI, Curca M, Vladescu TG, Tihoan CS, Serban AT, Bontas EA, Gherghescu G

Neurosurgery Unit, Clinical Emergency Hospital "St. Pantelimon," Bucharest, OP 22 Romania.

Vascular tumors in the orbit result from new formation of vessels, proliferation of tissue components of the vessel wall, and hyperplasia of cellular elements ordinarily concerned with the genesis of vascular tissue. These vasculogenic lesions constitute the largest group of primary orbital tumors; we present the capillary hemangioma and the cavernous hemangioma.

Published 17 January 2006 in Ann Diagn Pathol, 10(1): 13-9.
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