WHAT PEDIATRICIANS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT INFANTILE HEMANGIOMAS

Abstract

Infantile hemangiomas are the most common vascular lesions newborns and infants have and they are sure to be a socially significant problem. Despite the fact that modern research techniques allow you the problems of diagnosis methods, classification, ways of observation and treatment of children with this pathology remain important in foreign and national literature. All this determines the constant interest of researchers to the problem of differential diagnosis, pathogenesis, risk factors and treatment of infants. This article presents current epidemiological data regarding infantile hemangiomas and the problems of the classification, of possible risk factors for their development, the treatment methods of the specialist when confronted with this problem are discussed.

Keywords

• infantile hemangioma
• vascular hyperplasia
• involution
• infants
• propranolol
• surgical treatment
• laser