Prospective Study of Infantile Hemangiomas: Clinical Characteristics Predicting Complications and Treatment

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Authors

Anita N. Haggstrom · University of California, San Francisco

Beth A. Drolet · Medical College of Wisconsin

Eulàlia Baselga · Hospital de Sant Pau

Sarah L. Chamlin · Northwestern University

Maria C. Garzón · Columbia University

Kimberly A. Horii · Children's Mercy Hospital

Anne W. Lucky

Abstract

Large size, facial location, and/or segmental morphology are the most important predictors of poor short-term outcomes as measured by complication and treatment rates.

Topics & Keywords

Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Tumors and Oncological Cases Teratomas and Epidermoid Cysts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 118, Issue 3, pp. 882-887

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0413

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