Infantile Hemangioma: Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management

Target Audience: Pediatricians, dermatologists, primary clinicians

Background and Objective

Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are the most common benign tumor in infancy. This AAP clinical report was developed by experts in many specialties, utilizing clinical practice, literature review, and the 2014 guidelines from the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA; NEJM JW Dermatol Aug 2015 and Pediatrics 2015 Jun 8; [e-pub]). Epidemiology, updates on pathogenesis, nomenclature, clinical associations, evaluation and treatment are reviewed.

Key Points

• IH are vascular neoplasms that arise by 3 weeks of age then rapidly proliferate over weeks to months. Subsequently, th…