title: Current knowledge and management of vascular anomalies: I. Hemangiomas.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present current information on the diagnosis, pathogenesis, natural history, and treatment of infantile hemangiomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Infantile hemangiomas are the most common vascular tumors of childhood. They are thought to be derived from embolized placental progenitor cells that lodge in privileged sites of the developing embryo. They exhibit a characteristic postnatal course with defined periods of growth and regression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multimodality intervention involving observation, medical therapy, laser photocoagulation, and surgery is the accepted modern approach. Timing of the intervention to obtain the best possible results in concert with developmental milestones is the goal. "Leave it alone-it will go away" is no longer universally acceptable advice for infantile hemangiomas.
authors.affiliation: Hemangioma International Treatment Center, PO Box 80789, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, USA. DrHochman@FacialSurgeryCenter.com
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hochman
authors.forename: Denise M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Travis D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Reeves
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D053685:Laser Therapy; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D011433:Propranolol