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Introduction In this chapter, a number of non-related entities will be discussed. They appear grouped by convenience, and represent a heterogeneous group of genetic and acquired diseases with a common ground of an immunologic pathophysiology. Several disorders appear to represent…

Synonyms ▪ Vascular birthmarks; mature angiomas [misnomer]; angiodysplasias ▪ Capillary malformation (CM): port-wine stain, nevus flammeus ▪ Venous malformation (VM): cavernous angioma [misnomer], cavernous hemangioma [misnomer], phlebectasia ▪ Lymphatic malformation (LM): lymphangioma, lymphangioma circumscriptum, lymphangioma simplex, cystic hygroma, cavernous lymphangioma…