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Hobnail haemangioma associated with the menstrual cycle.

Ortiz-Rey JA, González-Ruiz A, San Miguel P, Alvarez C, Iglesias B, Antón I

Department of Pathology, Centro Médico POVISA, Salamanca-5, 36211 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain. jaortiz@povisa.es

We report the third case in the literature of a hobnail haemangioma with cyclic changes throughout the menstrual cycle in a 36-year-old woman, suggesting a hormonal basis for the variations in the tumour. This patient was under oral contraceptive treatment due to ovarian endometriosis, making the clinical diagnosis difficult.

Published 28 April 2005 in J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 19(3): 367-9.
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