Chances are you’ve seen hemangiomas without knowing it — they are the most common type of birthmark in children. They are unique vascular tumors that typically appear during the first several weeks of ...

Although infantile hemangiomas are well-known vascular lesions, the cellular and molecular mechanisms that cause the abnormal excessive endothelial cell proliferation are still poorly understood. Many ...

Multiple hemangiomas are scattered in a generalized distribution in a 1-month old infant. These red papules and nodules range in size from pinpoint to 1 cm (see Figure 1). Hemangiomatosis, defined as ...

Introduction to Birthmarks Birthmarks, which often appear on the skin of newborns at birth, are typically considered normal.

This is a 2-month old female with a history of a hemangioma on her right buttock since 2 weeks of age. The lesion began as a small birthmark and has continued to grow, and is now ulcerated. The lesion ...

A pyogenic granuloma is a vascular malformation also known as a lobular capillary hemangioma. It presents as a small bump on the skin, which is smooth or sometimes rough like a raspberry. It occurs ...

Corticosteroids are commonly used to treat infantile hemangioma, but the mechanism of action of this therapy is unknown. We investigated the effect of corticosteroids in a previously described in vivo ...

Hemangiomas are connected to the circulation and their appearance depends on whereabouts in our body they occur. When present on the skin surface, they often resemble the surface of a strawberry and ...

The first child had a nasal capillary hemangioma. Despite corticosteroid treatment, the lesion was stabilized but obstructive hypertrophic myocardiopathy developed, so the patient was treated with ...