Decoding targetoid vascular tumor
A 25-year-old woman had a brownish, raised lesion on her thigh that had been there for 6 months without any symptoms.A solitary brownish papule, measuring 0.4 cm 0.3 cm, was found over the right lateral part of the mid-thigh upon cutaneous examination [Figure 1a].e patient showed a picture she had taken with her phone during cross-examination.A well-to-ill-defined targetoid lesion of size 2.5 cm 2 cm, a central papule with a reddish halo, was seen over the thigh in the photograph [Figure 1b].Dermatofibroma, mastocytoma, and hemangioma were retained as differentials and sent for histopathological examination. [1]e histology report showed the periappendageal dilated vascular regions and thin walled vessels lined with a single layer of cells with noticeable hobnail nuclei [Figure 2a andb].us, the final diagnosis of hobnail hemangioma was made.
Authors
- Chandan Kumar Sahoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3147-2305)
- Diptiranjani Bisoyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-8408)
- G. Hasan
- Nihar Ranjan Pati
Institutions
- Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College Hospital (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cosmoderma
- Published
- 2026-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/csdm_239_2025
- Primary Topic
- Vascular Tumors and Angiosarcomas
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00