Vascular nevi in children.
dc.contributor.author | Senthilkumar, M | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Thappa, Devinder Mohan | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-28T08:35:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-28T08:35:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-01-17 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Vascular nevi are cutaneous anomalies of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis resulting in various different clinical presentations. AIM: The purpose of our descriptive study was to observe the various types of vascular nevi in children and their features. METHODS: A total of 4256 pediatric cases attending the dermatology OPD during the study period from August 2002 to August 2004 were screened for vascular nevi. RESULTS: Out of these, 19 children (0.44%) had vascular nevi-17 hemangiomas of infancy (HOIs) and 2 port-wine stains. The mean age of the affected children was 1.3 years (ranging from 2.5 months to 8 years). There were 13 girls and 6 boys. Seventeen (89.5%) patients had progressing lesions and two (10.5%) had non-involuting ones. A solitary lesion was seen in ten (52.6%) cases and two to five lesions were present in five (26.3%) cases. The nevi were distributed over multiple sites in seven (36.8%) cases, the head and neck in six (31.6%) cases, the chest and lower limb in two (10.5%) cases each, and the upper limbs and genitalia in one (5.3%) case each. Among the hemangiomas of infancy, 15 (88.2%) cases of superficial type and 2 (11.8%) cases of deep type were seen. The cutaneous complications included ulceration in four cases and infection in one. CONCLUSIONS: HOIs were the most common vascular nevi of childhood. | en_US |
dc.description.affiliation | Department of Dermatology and STD, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Senthilkumar M, Thappa DM. Vascular nevi in children. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 2006 Jan-Feb; 72(1): 19-23 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/52843 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://www.ijdvl.com | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child, Preschool | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Disease Progression | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Head and Neck Neoplasms --diagnosis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Hemangioma --diagnosis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Nevus --diagnosis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Port-Wine Stain --diagnosis | en_US |
dc.title | Vascular nevi in children. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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