A Prospective Study of Cutaneous Findings in Newborns in the United States: Correlation with Race, Ethnicity, and Gestational Status Using Updated Classification and Nomenclature

Noninvoluting congenital hemangioma in a term neonate: Case report

“…Vascular lesions, including vascular neoplasms and vascular malformations, are common in newborns (1) whereas congenital hemangiomas (CH) occur rarely. Unlike infantile hemangiomas, with precise plaques and a proliferation phase, congenital hemangiomas are fully grown at birth.…”

“…Unlike infantile hemangiomas, with precise plaques and a proliferation phase, congenital hemangiomas are fully grown at birth. Based upon their natural history, two major subtypes of congenital hemangiomas have been recognized: rapidlyinvoluting congenital hemangiomas (RICH) and non-involuting congenital hemangiomas (NICH) (1,2) . Herein, we report a case of non-involuting congenital hemangioma.…”

“…In most cases, the diagnosis of CH is made clinically in a newborn presenting with a fully grown soft-tissue mass with overlying telangiectasias and peripheral vasoconstriction. The presence of the tumor at the time of birth is an important clue to the diagnosis and also an important criterion for differentiating CH from infantile hemangiomas, which usually are not clinically evident at the time of delivery (1,3) . The observation of a rapid involution starting a few days after birth is usually sufficient to differentiate rapidly involuting CH (RICH) from noninvoluting CH (NICH).…”

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“…Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors commonly located in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. They are estimated to occur in 0.3% of Caucasian infants (2). Their size is important, because as their size increases, complications, like thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and Kasabach-Merritt syndrome, may occur (3).…”

Hemangiomas infantiles

“…1,2 Suelen aparecer después del nacimiento, crecen rápidamente durante el primer año de vida e involucionan con lentitud durante los siguientes 5 a 7 años. [3][4][5] Si bien la mayoría son asintomáti-cos y de evolución benigna, un 10% a 15% tienen riesgo de complicarse durante la fase proliferativa y pueden ocasionar un daño irreversible de algunas funciones vitales o una deformación estética permanente. 6 un desafío para el pediatra de cabecera, por lo cual la interconsulta temprana con el especialista en anomalías vasculares es muy recomendable en los casos pasibles de complicación.…”