Hemangioma, Noninvoluting Congenital, Hemangioma - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

hemangioma, noninvoluting congenital hemangioma

Body Site

abdomen

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

blue

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

solitary

Comments

This healthy 5-year-old boy had a blue plaque on the left side of the abdominal wall at birth. After a brief period of growth, the plaque remained stable.Doppler studies during the newborn period showed a high flow vascular lesion consistent with a hemangioma.

Description

4 X 2.5 cm blue plaque with overlying telangiectasias and radiating veins

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6/21/2009 16:47:39

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