[Bone hemangioma of the limbs. A report of two cases in children].

Hemangiomas of bone are rare lesions corresponding approximately to 1% of all primary bone tumors. Cases of hemangiomas in the vertebral bodies and in the skull occur fairly frequently but are unusual in other bones. The authors reported two cases of unusual and fairly rare aspects of this vascular tumor in children. In both cases, recurrences occurred and leaded to a wide bone resection in case one and to several curettage in case two. In these two case the histological type of hemangioma was the capillary one. In reviewing the literature we found no indication for wide resection of the benign forms in children.