Cavernous Hemangioma - Orbital Ridge
Cavernous Hemangioma - Orbital Ridge

The specimen shows bones of the orbital ridge in section.
Note the central blue lesion.
This is the cavernous hemangioma, a tumor of blood vessels.
The blue color is due to the stasis of de-oxygenated blood in the lesion.
(Description By:T. V. Rajan, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:Hartford Hospital Hartford Hospital )