Senthilkumar, MThappa, Devinder Mohan2009-05-282009-05-282006-01-17Senthilkumar M, Thappa DM. Vascular nevi in children. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 2006 Jan-Feb; 72(1): 19-23http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/52843BACKGROUND: 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.engChildChild, PreschoolDisease ProgressionFemaleHead and Neck Neoplasms --diagnosisHemangioma --diagnosisHumansMaleNevus --diagnosisPort-Wine Stain --diagnosisJournal Article