Are hemangiomas dangerous? What are the dangers

Hemangioma is a vascular malformation, generally a benign tumor. Many children are born with hemangiomas. Hemangiomas can be treated, but the danger is not serious. There is no big problem if hemangioma is treated early, but missing treatment can cause great harm to the body and easily compress the nerves.

1. Hemangioma is a congenital benign tumor or vascular malformation, which is more common in infants at birth or shortly after birth. It originates from residual embryonic angioblasts. Active endothelial-like germs invade adjacent tissues to form endothelial-like cords, which are connected to the remaining blood vessels after tubulation to form hemangiomas. The blood vessels in the tumor form their own system and are not connected to the surrounding blood vessels. Hemangiomas occurring in the oral and maxillofacial region account for 60% of all hemangiomas in the body, most of which occur in the facial skin, subcutaneous tissue, and oral mucosa, such as the tongue, lips, and floor of mouth, and a few occur in the jawbone or deep tissue. Some hemangiomas are nothing to worry about, but some can be life-threatening.

2. Affect the functions of normal tissues and organs. Pediatric hemangiomas are often accompanied by pathological characteristics of space-occupying lesions, which can invade and compress surrounding normal tissues, affect the normal function of organs, and affect the patient's normal study, life and work. In more serious cases, they can even cause disability.

3. Invasion of normal tissue: The tumor will expand in size with age, or develop into the subcutaneous tissue and the skin surface. Because the tumor causes lesions, it squeezes or compresses the surrounding normal tissues, causing the function of the normal tissues to be restricted.

4. Compression of nerves and blood vessels: Hemangioma generally has no subjective symptoms in the early stages, but as the area expands, it is easy to compress nerves and blood vessels. There are also hemangiomas that grow in special parts of the body, which can cause pain in nearby organs. Especially when the tumor compresses large blood vessels, it is easy to cause tissue ischemia and necrosis.