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Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma* * Work performed at the Dermatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal.

Abstract:

Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma is a rare vascular tumor that generally has a good prognosis. The authors describe a case of a newborn girl with a left cervical vascular lesion. Image exams were performed, and the lesion slowly decreased, leaving redundant skin. Considering all of the findings, a final diagnosis of a rapidly involuting congenital hemangiomas was suspected.

Keywords:
Congenital abnormalities; Congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities; Hemangioma; Infant, newborn; Infant, newborn, Diseases; Vascular neoplasms

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