Continuing problems with classifications of vascular malformations

Sir,

We were dismayed to read the Case Report by Yong Sun Jeon et al. [1] that perpetuates the confusing nomenclature around hemangiomas and vascular malformations. Their description of a cavernous hemangioma is a classic imaging and pathological specimen of a venous malformation and is not a hemangioma. The classification system of Mulliken and Glowacki [3] was accepted by the Workshop on Vascular Anomalies in Rome 1996 and should be universally adopted by all involved with these lesions (Table 1).

Table 1 Vascular anomalies [3]