The main characteristic of infantile hemangioma is that it grows rapidly after birth and mostly regresses spontaneously. It is a common practice for only a small part of the hemangioma to be treated, as they can be extremely disfiguring and destructive to normal tissue as well as possibly being life-threatening. Recent studies have discovered that the use of topical 0.5% timolol maleate gel is ...

Intestinal perforation is an extremely rare complication of hemangioma of the small intestine in the neonatal period. This is a case report of a 27-days-old male infant who presented with signs and symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction. Exploratory laparotomy findings revealed intestinal perforation due to solitary hemangioma in the ileum, which led to obstruction from peritoneal reaction an...

Hepatic tumors in children account for only 1 to 5% of all pediatric tumors. Hepatic hemangioma is, however, the third most common tumor of the liver in childhood. We report a case of an antenatal diagnosis of a hepatic tumor detected on a first obstetric ultrasound, at 26(th) week of gestation. It revealed a complex, predominantly solid hepatic lesion with 3 x 3 cm and a marked, essentially pe...

Omental tumors are most commonly found in the pediatric population, with hemangiomas being one of rarest types. These can occur any organ, a higher prevalence skin and subcutaneous tissue. Although they extremely rare, omental tumors, including hemangiomas, often involve greater omentum. We present case 70-year-old male patient that presented to our hospital abdominal pain, distension, inabilit...

PURPOSE To investigate the efficacy and safety of oral propranolol in the management of periorbital infantile hemangioma in four subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive patients who presented with periorbital capillary hemangioma with vision-threatening lesions were prospectively enrolled in this study between January 2009 and October 2010. All subjects underwent treatment with 2 mg/kg/da...

BACKGROUND Infantile hemangioma is the most common benign, self-limiting tumour of childhood. Treatment is reserved for hemangiomas that obstruct vital structures or cause significant disfigurement. Traditionally, corticosteroids have been the medical treatment of choice. Since 2008, however, propranolol has been rapidly adopted as an effective pharmacological treatment for infantile hemangioma...

Background: Hemangioma is a benign vascular tumor that shouldbe treated in problematic situations.Propranolol efficacy, target dose, range of age, duration of treatment and complications arenot conclusive for treatment of pediatric hemangioma. Our goal was to study efficacy and safety of propranolol for hemangiomatreating in children. Methods: A randomized, open label crossover trial with two ...

Introduction Solid masses in the testicular and paratesticular region are rare in the pediatric age group more so in infancy. Fibrous hamartoma of infancy (FHI), juvenile xanthogranuloma, capillary hemangioma, desmoid tumor, lipoma of the cord are some of the rare pathologic findings among the benign masses in the paratesticular location. We report a case of paratesticularhamartoma in a 10 mont...

OBJECTIVES Infantile hemangiomas often are inapparent at birth and have a period of rapid growth during early infancy followed by gradual involution. More precise information on growth could help predict short-term outcomes and make decisions about when referral or intervention, if needed, should be initiated. The objective of this study was to describe growth characteristics of infantile heman...