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Hemangiomas are the most common tumors of infancy, and the majority grow rapidly before involuting. Size, location, and morphology can help identify hemangiomas that require specialized evaluation, but decisions about referrals to dermatologists are often subjective. Researchers from seven pediatric dermatology centers in the U.S. and one in Spain prospectively followed 433 children (age, ≤18 months) with a total of 526 hemangiomas for up to 19 months. Hemangioma size, growth stage (nascent, early proliferative, late proliferative, plateau, involuting, or abortive), morphologic subtype (localized, segmental, or indeterminate), and depth (superficial, deep, or mixed) were recorded during multiple visits.
Although most hemangiomas were noted b…