title: Benign neonatal hemangiomatosis: review and description of a patient with unusually persistent lesions.
abstract: Benign neonatal hemangiomatosis (BNH) is a disorder in which multiple cutaneous hemangiomas appear at birth or shortly thereafter; visceral complications are absent. While previously reported cases of BNH emphasize the relatively early spontaneous regression of the cutaneous lesions, we describe a patient in whom new lesions arose and old ones persisted during the first year of life. The features of BNH are contrasted with those of diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis (DNH), a dermatosis with a more grave prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Nashoba Community Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts 01432.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Haber
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Silvers
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Grossman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*