Benign neonatal hemangiomatosis: review and description of a patient with unusually persistent lesions.
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.
Held
J L
JL
Department of Dermatology, Nashoba Community Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts 01432.
Haber
R S
RS
Silvers
D N
DN
Grossman
M E
ME
D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*