10788 IUPAC Gold Book - hemangioma 10.1351/goldbook.10788 10788 current 1 Benign tumor formed by a vascular malformation present at birth or developing during life, in which proliferation of blood vessels leads to a vascular tangle. Hemangiomas can occur anywhere in the body but are most frequently noticed in the skin and subcutaneous tissues; most hemangiomas present at birth undergo spontaneous regression. Hemangioma in the brain (central nervous system cavernous hemangioma) can be accompanied with multiple neurological symptoms, ranging from headache to seizures. malformation https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10914 tumor https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11330 PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 762 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10788/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10788/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10788/plain Citation: 'hemangioma' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10788 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-10T09:19:28+00:00