Abstract:Infantile hemangioma (IH) is also known as “strawberry mark” and “immature hemangioma;” the other names, “capillary hemangioma” and “cavernous hemangioma,” have long caused confusion with vascular mal...Infantile hemangioma (IH) is also known as “strawberry mark” and “immature hemangioma;” the other names, “capillary hemangioma” and “cavernous hemangioma,” have long caused confusion with vascular malformations. IH is a very frequent benign vascular tumor that grows rapidly in an infant over a period of a few weeks or months after birth (the proliferating phase). Then it slowly and constantly regresses over some years (the involuting phase), to leave nearly normal skin, or skin and shape changes (the involuted phase). This third stage is rarely reached at the age of 1 or 2 years, and is most commonly attained around 5 or 6 years, and sometimes not before 10 years. No such tumor occurs in an adolescent or adult; thus, using the wording “hemangioma” or “capillary hemangioma” for a vascular tumor appearing in an adolescent or an adult is misleading.Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-04-02
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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