Haemangioma, any site
Description
hemangioma: A benign vascular lesion characterized by the formation of capillary-sized or cavernous vascular channels.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | CD2_BENIGN_HEMANGIOMA |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-8: 22700 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-8: 22700 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 679 | 435 | 244 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 47.4 | 45.15 | 51.41 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 22.39 | 23.68 | 20.08 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.21 | 1.38 | 3.69 |