Open AccessUlcerated Hemangioma - Surveillance Only
Author(s) -
Anca Chiriac,
Anca Chiriac,
Tudor Pinteala,
Liliana Foia,
Piotr Brzeziński
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
folia medica/folia medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1314-2143
pISSN - 0204-8043
DOI - 10.1515/folmed-2015-0023
Subject(s) - hemangioma , medicine , surgery , pediatrics , dermatology
Infantile hemangiomas are reported in 10-12% of children less than 1 year of age, with ulceration in about 5-13% of cases. Little is known about the mechanism of this disease and explanations are still being looked for. We present a 4-month-old female infant with haemangioma on the left buttock; the hemangioma was noticed at 2 weeks of age, progressively enlarging and ulcerated.