Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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ISSN: 2161-0665
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ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
Marco Manfredi
“Pietro Barilla” Children’s Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, University Hospital,
Via Gramsci 14, 43126 Parma
Italy
Case Report
A Giant Congenital Lobular Capillary Haemangioma
Author(s): Marco Manfredi, Giuseppe Cerasoli, Vladimiro Ginocchi, Pierpacifico Gismondi, Federica Gaiani, Silvia Iuliano and Gian Luigi de’AngelisMarco Manfredi, Giuseppe Cerasoli, Vladimiro Ginocchi, Pierpacifico Gismondi, Federica Gaiani, Silvia Iuliano and Gian Luigi de’Angelis
Lobular capillary haemangioma is a relatively common benign mucocutaneous lesion in paediatric age.
The etiopathogenesis is not very clear, but it seems that lesions originate de novo from a process of lobular vascular proliferation that appears to be neoplastic.
Congenital onset is usually very rare; it happens only in 1.1% in literature.
We report a case of a newborn with a giant congenital lobular capillary haemangioma of the head (left occipital region) which increased rapidly with superficial ulcers in the early days of life.
The baby was operated on by full-thickness excision using the linear closure technique; this treatment allows histological examination, ensures the most efficacy aesthetic results and.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0665.1000268