Corby woman finds love after being born with haemangioma
Cody Hall, 25, from Corby, Northamptonshire, had such a large birthmark, it distorted the left side of her face. She married her boyfriend of eight years Lewis Holt, 27, last Friday after a year engagement. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Please take good care of our baby sister’: Help for Addison’s hemangioma
Most parents dress their baby girls in headbands for fun. But for Addison Quandt, these accessories, adorned with bows and flowers, weren’t a frivolous fashion statement. Instead, they helped hold in place the gauze that covered a large hemangioma on the back of her neck. “People always said what a fashionable baby she was,” says her mom, Dianne. “If they only knew.”
Addison was born with four hemangiomas, common benign vascular tumors that typically appear as red birthmarks within a week or two of birth. In many cases, they don’t cause problems and clear up without treatment. But not only weren’t Addison’s...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - October 30, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jessica Cerretani Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Dr. Belinda Dickie Dr. Denise Adams Dr. Marilyn Liang hemangioma Vascular Anomalies Center Source Type: news
Bangladesh toddler has a hand that weighs 6.6lb
The toddler from Bangladesh, who weighs just 4.4lbs (2kg), is barely able to stand or walk and falls over every time she tries to run. She is thought to have the non-cancerous condition haemangioma. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Patient with Hemangioma: Thoughts on implant treatment?
I have a patient who presents with a hemangioma of the facial region, and I'm wondering about implant treatment. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)
Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts - April 24, 2017 Category: Dentistry Authors: osseonews Tags: Clinical Cases Surgical Source Type: news
Liverpool baby girl has face squashed by a birthmark
Sophia-Elizabeth Wicksted, from Liverpool, was born with a haemangioma - a collection of blood vessels grouped together into a lump. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Baby whose face is being squashed by a common birthmark
Sophia-Elizabeth Wicksted, from Liverpool, was born with a haemangioma - a collection of blood vessels grouped together into a lump. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pretty Baby: Propranolol for Noncritical IH? Pretty Baby: Propranolol for Noncritical IH?
Dr Graeme Lipper reviews an important study on infantile hemangiomas and discusses a potential new protocol for noncritical cases.Medscape Dermatology (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - April 5, 2017 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology Viewpoint Source Type: news
An Interesting Case of a Retrobulbar Cavernous Hemangioma An Interesting Case of a Retrobulbar Cavernous Hemangioma
Learn more about the clinical presentations, differential diagnosis, and treatment options for orbital cavernous venous malformations.ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Baby rushed to the US for surgery that the NHS refused
Oliver Francis, seven months, from Staffordshire, developed a capillary haemangioma at birth. The benign growth on his right eye swelled up to the size of a pea when he was five weeks old. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vascular conditions: differential diagnosis
Differential diagnoses of conditions including strawberry naevus, spider naevus, cherry haemangioma and telangiectasia. (Source: GP Online Education)
Source: GP Online Education - January 10, 2017 Category: Primary Care Tags: 15.10 Skin Problems Source Type: news
ECG Screening Before Propranolol in Infants: Yes or No? ECG Screening Before Propranolol in Infants: Yes or No?
A study assesses the cost and yield of obtaining ECGs before staring propranolol treatment of infantile hemangioma.Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Viewpoint Source Type: news
Girl smiles after operation removed tumour the size of KIWI from her face
Brianna Brewer, from Ohio, was two weeks old when her parents first noticed a tiny 'bruise' on her upper lip. Doctors diagnosed it as a hemangioma - blood vessels under the skin. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Propranolol Safe for Infantile Hemangioma, Systematic Review Confirms Propranolol Safe for Infantile Hemangioma, Systematic Review Confirms
Oral propranolol is safe for the treatment of infantile hemangioma (IH), according to what is believed to be the largest systematic review on the topic.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - September 30, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Hemangioma Characteristics Predict Outcome in Infants Hemangioma Characteristics Predict Outcome in Infants
Following natural involution, combined hemangiomas are among those more likely to leave sequelae in infants, according to a retrospective photographic review.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - August 24, 2016 Category: Dermatology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Topical timolol improves thinnest infantile hemangiomas
Topical timolol maleate acts as an effective alternate to oral propranolol for treatment of certain infantile hemangiomas (IHs), based on data from a retrospective study of 731 children. The findings were published online August 15 in Pediatrics.
“Superficial, relatively thin IHs, regardless of... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 15, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
