Modern surgery, general and operative . the spaces. Thesechannels and sinuses are enormously distended capillaries. Cavernous angio-mata arise in the skin and subcutaneous tissues; they are usually congenital,but may develop from simple angiomata; they are purple or blue in color; aremore distinctly elevated than the capillary nevi; may be either cutaneous orsubcutaneous; swell when the child cries, and are apt to pulsate; they may beemptied by pressure, and often look hke cysts with very thin wails. Cavern-ous angiomata may arise in the breast,the tongue, the lip, the cheek, thegums, the subc
Modern surgery, general and operative . the spaces. Thesechannels and sinuses are enormously distended capillaries. Cavernous angio-mata arise in the skin and subcutaneous tissues; they are usually congenital,but may develop from simple angiomata; they are purple or blue in color; aremore distinctly elevated than the capillary nevi; may be either cutaneous orsubcutaneous; swell when the child cries, and are apt to pulsate; they may beemptied by pressure, and often look hke cysts with very thin wails. Cavern-ous angiomata may arise in the breast,the tongue, the lip, the cheek, thegums, the subcutaneous tissues, or themuscles. If an angioma contains anexcess of fat, the growth is called anevoid lipoma. Plexiform angiomata are known ascirsoid aneurysms or aneurysms byanastomosis (see page 434). Angiomata noticed soon after birthmay disappear completely or may en-large progressively. Treatment.—A capillary nevus canoften be quickly cured by touching itwith fuming nitric acid. A second ap-plication of acid may be required. The.
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