title: Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH): a brief case report.
abstract: Congenital hemangiomas (CH) are benign vascular neoplasms that proliferate in utero and have completed development by birth. Two subtypes of CH are recognized: rapidly involuting congenital hemangiomas (RICH) and non-involuting congenital hemangiomas (NICH). Involution of the RICH subtype often begins in the first weeks of life. NICH does not involute, allowing the distinction between RICH and NICH. We report a case of an infant with RICH occurring on the scalp, examined at birth and followed for 26 weeks.
authors.affiliation: US Naval Hospital Guam. robertscalise@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scalise
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bolton
authors.forename: Neil F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Gibbs
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital*