Failure of the flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser to prevent progression to deep hemangioma.
Hemangiomas are common vascular lesions in children. The flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser has shown excellent results in the treatment of port-wine stains and, more recently, superficial (capillary) hemangiomas. Four patients with clinically evident superficial hemangiomas illustrate the point that early treatment with this laser may not preclude growth of a deeper component of the lesions.
Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center, New York.
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D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053685:Laser Therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D017211:Treatment Failure