Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery (Feb 1988)

Mast Cells in Surface Hemangiomas

  • Joseph Thomas,
  • Cherian M. Koshy,
  • K. Ramakrishnan Nair

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1772800
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 01
pp. 044 – 046

Abstract

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Thirty five patients of surface hemangioma within the age group one month to sixty-five years were studied for the presence of mast cells in them by using special stains. It was found that lesions with an increase in the number of mast cells showed a tendency for spontaneous involution.