Hemangioma, Segmental, Hemangioma - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

hemangioma, segmental hemangioma

Body Site

arm hand

Age

5 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

segmental

Color

red

Morphology

patch

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This healthy 5-month-old girl had a pale red patch on the left hand and forearm at birth. Red papules developed within the patch over the first 4 weeks of life and chnaged little after that. There were no associated anomalies of the left hand and arm which were fully functional.

Description

segmental pale red patch with overlying telangiectasias and clustered 1-4 mm discrete and confluent papules

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8/4/2010 22:50:09

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