title: Management of hemangiomas and other vascular tumors.
abstract: Vascular tumors of childhood are typically benign. The 4 most common types are infantile hemangioma (IH), congenital hemangioma (CH), kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (KHE), and pyogenic granuloma (PG). Vascular tumors must be differentiated from vascular malformations. Although tumors and malformations may appear as raised, blue, red, or purple lesions, their management differs significantly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Vascular Anomalies Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. arin.greene@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Arin K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009383:Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*