Open AccessCUTANEOUS VASCULAR ANOMALIES;
Author(s) -
Aneela Asghar,
Muhammad Asghar Butt,
Muhammad Azam Bukhari,
Saif Ullah Sheikh,
Abdul Razzaq Mughal
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.02.2812
Subject(s) - medicine , trunk , head and neck , observational study , complication , family history , pediatrics , surgery , ecology , biology
Objectives: To analyze the patterns of cutaneous vascular anomaliesin neonates and infants. To identify the complications arising in various vascular lesions.Design: A descriptive hospitalbased observational study.Setting: Dermatology and pediatric department of DHQ and Allied Hospital PMC, FaisalabadPeriod: From 1 Feb 2005 to 31 January 2006. Material and Methods: 72 consecutive newborns and infants of either st stsex having any vascular anomaly on cutaneous areas were included in the study. The information regarding size, site,type of lesions, sex of patients, with family history and any complication were recorded on a proforma prepared for thisstudy. Results: Out of 72 infants 25 were male (35%) and 47(65%) were females. Family history was present in 12cases (17%). The commonly involved sites were head and neck 45 (62.5%), trunk 18(25%) and upper limb 9(12.5%).In 59 children (82%) it was single and in 13(18%) the lesions were multiple. The complications observed were ulcerationin 13(18%), infection in 8(11%), haemorrhage in 3(4%) and visual impairment in 4(5%), while 56(78%) had nocomplications.