angiomatous nevus; strawberry nevus; capillary hemangioma of infancy

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Introduction

Benign vascular proliferation of endothelial lining that develops at birth or soon after birth & disappears by the 5th year of life.

Epidemiology

Pathology

  • benign, highly proliferative lesions involving aberrant localized growth of

localized proliferation of angioblastic mesenchymal tissue (capillary endothelium)

proliferation of endothelial cells in dermis in superficial type, little or no endothelial proliferation in deep type

Genetics

  • susceptibility associated with defects in ANTXR1

Clinical manifestations

Diagnostic procedures

Radiology

Management

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References

  1. Color Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, Common & Serious Diseases, 3rd ed, Fitzpatrick et al, McGraw Hill, NY, 1997, pg 149-150
  2. 2.0 2.1 Drolet BA et al. Prospective study of spinal anomalies in children with infantile hemangiomas of the lumbosacral skin. J Pediatr 2010 Nov; 157:789. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20828712

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