Context: Vascular tumors of infancy and childhood consist of a number of clinicopathologically distinct entities. Infantile hemangiomas (IH) constitute the bulk of these tumors. As they are seldom biopsied, we do not encounter an opportunity to study them, and this is evident from the paucity of reported cases in pathology literature from India. Clinicians and pathologists alike have traditiona...

BACKGROUND The authors present the unique case of a dural-based, infantile hemangioma located in the posterior fossa of a 15-day-old infant. CASE DESCRIPTION The patient presented with hydrocephalus. The lesion was identified by magnetic resonance imaging and was subsequently resected. Diagnosis of the lesion was confirmed with immunohistochemistry staining. The patient's hospital course was ...

QUESTION I see many children with infantile hemangiomas and have read about new therapeutic options such as propranolol. Is this medication effective and safe for treating hemangiomas in children? ANSWER Most infantile hemangiomas resolve spontaneously without any need for therapy. In many case series, propranolol has been shown to be effective and safe in treating hemangiomas that cause comp...

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of oral propranolol in the treatment of infantile peri-orbital and/ or orbital capillary hemangioma. Methods: We conducted a prospective study at Prince Rashid Bin Al Hassan military hospital between 5 of August 2012 and 29 of January 2013. Eleven patients with peri-orbital and/or orbital capillary hemangiomas were included in this study. All patients underwen...