Medical News Today: All You Need to Know About Internal Hemangiomas
Learn all about internal hemangiomas - benign tumors that can be found on organs such as the liver and brain. Find out about their diagnosis and treatment. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
Research note: Yale team identifies common pathway involved in childhood vascular tumors
Vascular tumors are the most common abnormal growths in infants and children, affecting 5%-10% of newborns. Most are benign infantile hemangiomas (strawberry birthmarks) which spontaneously regress or respond to treatment with beta-blocking drugs. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 28, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Yale News Source Type: news
Gestational diabetes ups risk for infantile hemangiomas
MINNEAPOLIS – Gestational diabetes and prenatal progesterone use were among the maternal factors associated with increased risk of infantile hemangioma, a benign vascular neoplasm whose incidence has... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - July 26, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Gestational diabetes ups risk for infantile hemangiomas
MINNEAPOLIS – Gestational diabetes and prenatal progesterone use were among the maternal factors associated with increased risk of infantile hemangioma, a benign vascular neoplasm whose incidence has been steadily rising over the past several decades.
Data from a large longitudinal epidemiology... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - July 26, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Medical News Today: All You Need to Know About External Hemangiomas
External hemangiomas are birthmarks caused by the growth of extra blood vessels. Learn what they look like, as well as how they are diagnosed and treated. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Source Type: news
What Are the Complications and Treatment for Lymphedema?
Discussion
Lymphedema occurs because of abnormal development or damage to the lymphatic structures. It is a chronic often progressive swelling of tissues starting distally and advancing more proximally. Extremities are the most common sites followed by genitalia. Fluid accumulation in the interstitial, superficial spaces causes adipose deposition and fibrosis. This causes the lymphedematous tissue to then enlarge. Edema is pitting early on and later is non-pitting.
Causes of lymphedema can be primary (~1%) or secondary (~99%). Primary lymphedema has been associated with several genetic mutations. Milroy disease is a prima...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 25, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Infantile hemangiomas clear faster with Nd:YAG treatment
BOSTON – Using a 650-microsecond, pulsed 1064nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser to treat infantile hemangiomas can yield high clearance rates after one treatment, without... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - May 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Infantile hemangiomas clear faster with Nd:YAG treatment
BOSTON – Using a 650-microsecond, pulsed 1064nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser to treat infantile hemangiomas can yield high clearance rates after one treatment, without adverse reactions, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Laser... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - May 11, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Propranolol in the Treatment of Infantile HaemangiomasPropranolol in the Treatment of Infantile Haemangiomas
This large cohort study assesses the safety and efficacy of oral propranolol for treatment of infantile hemangioma, analyzing data from 39 European centers. The British Journal of Dermatology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Journal Article Source Type: news
Infantile Hemangioma: Adverse Drug Events With PropranololInfantile Hemangioma: Adverse Drug Events With Propranolol
A recent study provides useful data on adverse drug events associated with propranolol therapy for infantile hemangioma. Medscape Pediatrics (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - April 6, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Pediatrics Commentary Source Type: news
Infantile Hemangiomas May Rebound After Beta-BlockersInfantile Hemangiomas May Rebound After Beta-Blockers
Rebound growth of infantile hemangiomas occur in as many as one quarter of children after cessation of beta-blocker therapy, according to a new study. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Hemangiomas recur in 25% of infants after propranolol stopped
Infantile hemangiomas treated with propranolol recurred in 25% of children after discontinuation of propranolol in a retrospective study of nearly 1,000 patients, according to findings published... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - March 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Hemangiomas recur in 25% of infants after propranolol stopped
Infantile hemangiomas treated with propranolol recurred in 25% of children after discontinuation of propranolol in a retrospective study of nearly 1,000 patients, according to findings published online March 7 in Pediatrics.
“Identifying risk factors for rebound growth could affect treatment... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - March 7, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Mom of girl with a red birthmark across her face slams strangers who comment
Katie Crenshaw wrote about people's reactions to her daughter Charlie Kate's capillary hemangioma in a post featured on her blog, Twelve and Six. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Image-guided liver biopsy is safe, but not risk-free
While major adverse events from liver biopsy guided by ultrasound or CT are...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
MRI tops liver biopsy in measuring iron in sick kids
Ultrasound elastography accurately predicts fibrosisComments:
2/11/2016 12:46:47 PMPaul Sangster
I performed 500-1000 liver biopsies, for various etiologies of liver disease, including Hep C, diagnosis of nodules, iron storage problems, etc. We never experienced any significant problems with bleeding. A few patients had some post procedure pain, which I attributed to a small amount of post procedure hemorrhage. We checked the patient's...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 11, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
